Date:	03-AUG-1954
Time:	day
Type:	Percival Provost T Mk 1
Owner/operator:	6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF)
Registration:	WV545
MSN:	PAC/56/091
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Market Drayton, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV545: Delivered 19/01/54. RAF Service was with 6 FTS RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, only

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/8/1954: Flew into overhead HT cables and crashed at Market Drayton, Shropshire during an Instrument Flying Training sortie at low level. Aircraft hit HT cables at 35 feet AGL (above ground level), dived into the ground, collided with a farm shed and caught fire. Both crew were killed

Crew of Provost WV545:
Flight Lieutenant David Idwall HYTCH (Service Number 56206, QFI Instructor Pilot, aged 33)
Acting Pilot Officer Leonard Harold STAFFORD (Service Number 1921013, Pupil Pilot Under Training, aged 22)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.161 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.79
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3670-Shropshire-s-casualties-and-aircraft-crashes
6. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38362/page/4241/data.pdf
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40250/supplement/4618/data.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2013 17:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Jan-2016 19:11	Hytch	Updated [Total fatalities]
13-Dec-2018 18:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
17-Apr-2020 19:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Apr-2020 09:06	AlLach	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]