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Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | CNCS RAF |
Registration: | WK561 |
MSN: | C1/0579 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 4 miles North of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK561: Delivered 3/3/1952. Operational service career was with RAF College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire and as "L" of the CNCS (Central Navigation & Control School) RAF Shawbury, Shropshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/7/1957: Hit hedge during forced landing after the engine cut. Aircraft wrecked in forced landing four miles north of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.191 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 67)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.255
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2008 12:20 |
JINX |
Added |
27-Oct-2013 03:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Aug-2014 16:20 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
07-Aug-2020 17:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
15-Feb-2021 09:45 |
Harro |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |