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Date: | Saturday 26 August 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | 11 RFS RAF |
Registration: | WB609 |
MSN: | C1/0050 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sydenham, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Sydenham, Belfast |
Destination airport: | RAF Sydenham, Belfast |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB609, 11 Reserve Flying School RAF. Crashed 26/8/1950: Engine failed to pick up when aircraft was making an inverted glide, stalled during aerobatic display while rolling out to normal flight at Sydenham, Belfast, Northern Ireland and crashed. Initially Declared Cat4(R). On 14/9/50 Re-classified as Cat5(S) and believed scrapped at Sydenham in 1950-51.
Pilot killed
Crew of Chipmunk WB609:
Flight Lieutenant Colin Stanton, RAF (pilot, Service Number 95577) - killed on active service 26-8-1950
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.19)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.77
4.
http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/0050.html 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2008 16:32 |
JINX |
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07-Jun-2008 21:59 |
JINX |
Updated |
15-Mar-2013 02:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
20-Dec-2015 04:22 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
25-Nov-2018 15:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
28-Dec-2020 23:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Dec-2020 10:16 |
JIXON |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |