ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145209
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 February 1961 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Percival Provost T1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XF893 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/398 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Great Witley, 10 miles NW of Worcester, Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ternhill, Shrophsire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Dived into the ground out of cloud at Great Witley*, Worcestershire after losing control at night. The pilot was killed. Pilot was Flt-Lt NAFRY from the Lebanon.
(*Great Witley is a village and civil parish (with Hillhampton), encompassing the hamlet of Redmarley, in the Malvern Hills District in the north west of the county of Worcestershire. It is situated around ten miles to the north west of the city of Worcester.)
Wreckage recovered by (and to) 71 MU RAF Bicester, presumably for accident investigation and components recovery, where noted dumped 13/3/1961
Sources:
1. www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
2. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?78785-71-MU-Bicester
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Witley
5. Pilot named in the Birmingham Daily Post February 8th 1961
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2012 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Oct-2013 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2018 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 07-Aug-2021 08:19 | Paul Allonby | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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