Date:	Saturday 26 August 1950
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	11 RFS RAF
Registration:	WB609
MSN:	C1/0050
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Sydenham, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Sydenham, Belfast
Destination airport:	RAF Sydenham, Belfast
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB609, 11 Reserve Flying School RAF. Crashed 26/8/1950: Engine failed to pick up when aircraft was making an inverted glide, stalled during aerobatic display while rolling out to normal flight at Sydenham, Belfast, Northern Ireland and crashed. Initially Declared Cat4(R). On 14/9/50 Re-classified as Cat5(S) and believed scrapped at Sydenham in 1950-51.
Pilot killed

Crew of Chipmunk WB609:
Flight Lieutenant Colin Stanton, RAF (pilot, Service Number 95577) - killed on active service 26-8-1950

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.19)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.77
4. http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/0050.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jun-2008 16:32	JINX	Added
07-Jun-2008 21:59	JINX	Updated
15-Mar-2013 02:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
20-Dec-2015 04:22	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2018 15:21	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
28-Dec-2020 23:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2020 10:16	JIXON	Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]