Date:	Wednesday 1 May 1957
Time:	day
Type:	English Electric Canberra B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WH717
MSN:	71683
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Watton, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Watton, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
EE Canberra B.Mk.2 WH717: Delivered 7/4/1953. Sole operational service career was with 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, RAF

Written off 1/5/1957: Both engines failed after take off from Watton, Norfolk. It landed again but the port undercarriage collapsed causing the aircraft to skid and overshoot into the approach lights. All three crew were uninjured. Struck off charge 10/5/1957 as Cat.5(c) and reduced to spares and produce

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.190 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 52)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.210
4. 44 Squadron ORB (Operational Records Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for 1-31 May 1957: File AIR 27/2775/29 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8430186
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Jun-2008 01:22	JINX	Added
05-Apr-2013 16:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Jun-2013 16:39	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
04-Aug-2020 14:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]