Date:	Tuesday 10 July 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	Bircham Newton SF RAF
Registration:	WB583
MSN:	C1/0035
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bircham Newton, Docking, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB583: Delivered 28/3/50. RAF Service career was with 22 RFS (Reserve Flying School), 2 RFS and RAF Bircham Newton Station Flight

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/7/56: Crashed on landing at RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Damaged aircraft taken to 71 MU RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire. Not repaired, and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 10/7/56, where authorised to be reduced to spares and produce.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.181 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 19)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.202
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bircham_Newton

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Nov-2011 10:08	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-May-2013 18:47	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
27-Nov-2019 14:25	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-Jun-2020 20:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2020 13:37	AlLach	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]