Date:	Monday 15 August 1960
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	Durham UAS RAF
Registration:	WP865
MSN:	C1/0752
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Milcombe, 5 miles SW of Banbury, Oxfordshire. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10, WP865 ["B"], Durham UAS (University Air Squadron) RAF: Written off (destroyed) 15/8/60 - failed to recover from a spin, and dived into a field at Milcombe village five miles South West of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The pilot did not abandon the aircraft and was killed. At the time of the accident, Durham UAS were detached to RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire, but were operating from RAF Bicester in Oxfordshire due to strong crosswinds at Gaydon.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.203 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 84)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/440: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424561
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/39/S2986: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578766
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milcombe
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Nov-2011 09:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Jan-2020 19:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 07:58	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]