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Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | English Electric Canberra PR Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE170 |
MSN: | 71211 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1.5 miles SSE of RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire (EGUY) |
Destination airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire (EGUY) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:EE Canberra PR.3 WE170: Delivered 28/10/53. RAF Service was with 540 Squadron and then 58 Squadron
Written off 21/12/54: Engine failed on GCA approach, force-landed in field 1.5 miles South South East of RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, and damaged beyond repair. No reported injuries to the three crew
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.31)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.110
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jun-2008 23:39 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Nov-2018 17:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
13-Nov-2018 06:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
29-Apr-2020 13:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source] |
03-May-2020 15:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-May-2020 19:23 |
MIG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |