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Date: | Monday 20 July 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | 1 BFTS RAF |
Registration: | WB705 |
MSN: | C1/0222 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Booker, Buckinghamshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DHC-1 Chipmunk T10, WB705, 1 BFTS (Basic Flying Training School) RAF: delivered 19/12/1950. Written off 20/7/1953 in a landing accident at RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The aircraft undershot on landing, and struck a gun emplacement in the long grass near the undershoot area.
Although the aircraft was wrecked (deemed "damaged beyond economic repair") the crew were uninjured. Wreckage sold to DeHavillands, and refurbished/rebuilt for further service: to Sri Lankan Air Force as CT-101, since written off in Sri Lankan service.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.147 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.391
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2008 17:41 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jun-2008 22:06 |
JINX |
Updated |
19-Nov-2018 18:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
04-May-2021 01:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source] |
04-May-2021 20:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-May-2021 08:33 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |