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Date: | Friday 10 August 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | English Electric Canberra T Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | Laarbruch SF RAF |
Registration: | WT484 |
MSN: | 71442 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wesel, near Empel (NRW) -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Laarbruch, West Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft had almost recovered from a steep high speed dive when the starboard wing dropped and it dived into the ground at Wesel-on-Rhine, near Empel, West Germany. It exploded on impact killing the three crew.
Crew:-
Squadron Leader R.W. Bradley (Q.F.I. Pilot, Service Number 57107)
Pilot Officer C.J. Miller, RAF (Service Number 4335154)
Flying Officer S.C. Handley, RAF (Service Number 507904)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 95)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/353:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424474 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2834:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578614 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT 6.
http://www.laarbruch-museum.net/ENG/Crashes/10081956.html 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2012 15:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
12-Apr-2013 00:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
06-May-2013 18:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
05-Nov-2019 10:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
21-Jan-2020 20:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Jan-2020 22:07 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
27-Jan-2020 17:51 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Location] |