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Date: | Tuesday 10 September 1963 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | English Electric Canberra PR3 |
Owner/operator: | 231 OCU RAF |
Registration: | WE139 |
MSN: | 71110 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Canberra WE139 suffered Cat.3R damage at RAF Bassingbourn, UK on 10th September 1963
The aircraft was repaired on site and returned to service with 231 OCU November1963
Sources:
https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=656 https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/69-A-695-Canberra-PR3-WE139.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._231_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 December 1953 |
WE139 |
540 Sqn RAF |
0 |
Gander International Airport (ICAO: CYQX), NL |
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sub |
11 November 1955 |
WE139 |
69 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Laarbruch, Kleve, Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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unk |
28 January 1958 |
WE139 |
69 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Laarbruch, Kleve, Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
![](/database/country/flags_15/D.gif) |
unk |
1 August 1962 |
WE139 |
39 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Luqa |
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unk |
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1963/19630910_CNBR_WE139 _8082.jpg)
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
![](/photos/wiki/1963/19630910_CNBR_WE139 _8083.jpg)
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Nov-2021 18:33 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
28-Nov-2021 18:34 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |
09-Feb-2022 21:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |