Date:	Saturday 17 September 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	Wattisham SF RAF
Registration:	WP806
MSN:	C1/0700
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WP806: Delivered 27/1/52. RAF Service career was with 15 RFS (Reserve Flying School) and the Station Flight RAF Wattisham

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/9/55: The aircraft stalled and struck the ground after failing to fully recover from a dive while giving an air display at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. The pilot - Flight Lieutenant D J J Taylor - flying solo, survived, albeit with injuries

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.174 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 83)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.156
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2020 13:14	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Jun-2020 19:24	harry	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]