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Date: | Friday 25 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | London UAS RAF |
Registration: | WB607 |
MSN: | C1/0048 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB607, London UAS (University Air Squadron) RAF: delivered 4/4/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/05/1951. Hit HT cable during practice forced landing soon after take off near Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. No reported injuries to the crew.
Damage initially assessed as Cat.3 (Repairable): returned to de Havilland's for repairs. However, upon inspection, damage was more severe than initially assessed, and WB607 was re-classified as "beyond economic repair". Struck off charge on 13/9/1951 as CAT 5(Scrap)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.114 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.139
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB Revision history:
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01-Jun-2008 16:06 |
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12-Nov-2011 08:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
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13-Feb-2020 07:33 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
23-Jan-2021 22:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
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24-Jan-2021 09:37 |
Emil Robot |
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