Date:	Wednesday 4 April 1951
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	25 RFS RAF
Registration:	WB661
MSN:	C1/0110
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	New Lennerton Lane, Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Sherburn-in-Elmet (EGCJ)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB661: Delivered 17/7/1950. Sole RAF service was with 25 RFS (Reserve Flying School). Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4/4/1951 when lost height and hit tree on approach to Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield. Aircraft came down New Lennerton Lane, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, North Yorkshire. No report of any casualties. Grid ref SE 52 33

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983 p. 20)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.126
4. http://sherburninelmethistory.co.uk/aviation/aircraft-accidents/
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jun-2008 17:05	JINX	Added
07-Jun-2008 22:01	JINX	Updated
24-Jan-2012 13:22	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source]
06-Aug-2015 20:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2017 22:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
16-Jan-2021 18:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
16-Jan-2021 20:09	Dr.Roup	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]