Date: | Thursday 7 May 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Valetta T.3 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | WG258 |
MSN: | 506 |
Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 40 km W off Hartland Point, United Kingdom -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hullavington RAF Station |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Valetta T.3, serving with RAF 1 ANS, departed RAF Hullavington for a routine air navigation sortie. The aircraft crashed at sea for unknown reasons.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
UK Serials Resource Centre - Serials in range WG Location
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