ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20459
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1970 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WD355 |
| MSN: | C1/0294 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rufforth Airfield RLG, Wetherby Road, Rufforth, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit hedge recovering from roll at Rufforth, North Yorkshire, 17/6/1970, and Damaged Beyond Repair. Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) and to Church Fenton for Ground Instructional use as 8099M with Yorkshire University Air Squadron. Later to 1955 Squadron ATC at Wells Somerset. The cockpit section survived until at least November 1985
Note: Chipmunk WD335 was civilianised as G-CBAJ, but retained its military markings, complete with erraneous serial "WD355". As can be see from the above, the "real" WD355 crashed in 1970
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
2. http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/MAMupdate67-2010.pdf
3. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WD
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2008 05:32 | JINX | Added |
| 05-Jan-2012 12:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2012 13:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2014 15:59 | TB | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 09-Aug-2014 16:00 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jul-2022 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 14-Jul-2022 13:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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