ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161085
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| Date: | Friday 13 September 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Vickers Valiant B(PR) Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 543 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WZ398 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Vickers Valiant B(PR) Mk.1, WZ398, 543 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 13 September 1957 at RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire. While work on the fuel tanks was in progress in a hangar at Wyton, Cambridgeshire a live electric power supply was connected. An explosion occurred in the bomb bay and the aircraft was destroyed by fire. No fatalities reported.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.192 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Valiant Boys: True Stories from the Operators of the UK's First Four-Jet Bomber (page 161) By Tony Blackman & Anthony Wright
3. Halley, James. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100 to WZ999 (page 128). Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Limited, 2003, First edition 2001. ISBN 0-85130-321-8.
4. History of Air-To-Air Refuelling (page 121) By Richard Tanner
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Valiant#Accidents_and_incidents
7. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1163
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
9. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/475000-v-force-fatalities.html#post6975917
10. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/393: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424514
11. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/37/S2893: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578673
12. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2013 10:14 | TB | Added |
| 20-Oct-2019 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2019 21:53 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2020 21:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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