ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58287
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 May 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F1 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | WT681 |
| MSN: | 41H-665498 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT681: First flown at Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Dunsfold 11/10/1954. Delivered to the RAF 24/11/1954. First issued for service to 54 Squadron, RAF Odiham, Hampshire (coded "R"). Transferred to 229 OCU RAF Chivenor, Devon as "RS-T" in April 1956.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/5/1957: Bird strike over Devon coast while on a training sortie from RAF Chivenor. The pilot was unaware that the aircraft had been damaged by a bird strike until he taxied in after landing at RAF Chivenor, Devon at the end of the sortie.
Aircraft deemed as "beyond economic repair", and not repaired. Struck off charge as Cat5(G/I): to 7442M 18/06/1957. Struck Off Charge 30/01/1963 at RAF Weeton as Cat5 (Scrap) and scrapped on site.
Sources:
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 96)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.248
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jul-2010 12:43 | harro | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2011 13:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2020 21:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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