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Date: | Thursday 12 March 1953 |
Time: | night |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
Registration: | WK563 |
MSN: | C1/0581 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
Destination airport: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire (EGYE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DHC-1 Chipmunk T10, WK563/"DN", RAF College Cranwell: delivered 3/3/1952. Written off 12/3/1953 when crashed in a flying accident at RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire.
During night flying in good weather conditions, the pilot positioned the aircraft badly behind three other aircraft, and then allowed the aircraft to descend, The aircraft undershot on approach to RAF Barkston Heath, and was written off due to damage sustained when the aircraft flew into a tree.
Despite being written off as "damaged beyond repair", the pilot appears to have survived with only minor injuries.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.142 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.347
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 5. Photo of accident:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/raf-dhc-chipmunk-wk563-crashed-276248041 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2008 12:23 |
JINX |
Added |
16-Apr-2021 00:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |