ASN Aircraft accident Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ904 Thorney Island RAF Station
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Date:Monday 11 July 1955
Type:Silhouette image of generic vars model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Varsity T.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WJ904
MSN: 625
First flight: 1952
Engines: 2 Bristol Hercules 264
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:7,2 km (4.5 mls) N of Thorney Island RAF Station (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Thorney Island RAF Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Thorney Island RAF Station, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The Varsity was engaged in a single engine training flight when the propeller on the working engine was accidently feathered. The aircraft crash-landed.
It was serving with RAF No.2 Air Navigation School.

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987


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