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Date: | Thursday 23 October 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | 5 BFTS RAF |
Registration: | WK510 |
MSN: | C1/0546 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Broombriggs Farm, 4 miles SW of Loughborough, Leicestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10, WK510, 5 BFTS (Basic Flying Training School): delivered 11/1/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/10/1952. While the pilot was making a practice forced landing at Broombriggs Farm, four miles South West of Loughborough, Leicestershire, the aircraft took a steep turn close to the ground, struck some trees, and dived into the ground. The pilot was killed
Crew of Chipmunk WK510:
Pilot Officer John Frederick CROWE (pilot) RAF - killed in serivce 23/10/1952
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.135 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 305
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 5.
https://www.leicscountryparks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/N0296-Broombriggs-Farm-And-Windmill-Hill-Leaflet-Web-Version.pdf Revision history:
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18-Jun-2008 11:59 |
JINX |
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21-Nov-2018 19:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator] |
27-Mar-2021 17:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Mar-2021 22:09 |
MiG17 |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |