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Date: | Monday 12 August 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson T Mk 21 |
Owner/operator: | CNCS RAF |
Registration: | WJ547 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Ternhill, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson T.Mk.21 WJ547, CNCS (Central Navigation & Control School) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/8/1957. The tail wheel collapsed while taxiing back to dispersal after landing at RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire Not repaired. Deemed to beyond economic repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) 14/8/1957
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.192 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 60)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.258
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988)
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WJ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2008 14:58 |
JINX |
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07-Apr-2012 22:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jan-2016 19:54 |
JIXN |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
16-Jan-2016 19:54 |
JIXN |
Updated [Location] |
09-Aug-2020 18:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Feb-2021 10:05 |
sicak |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |