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Date: | Monday 20 August 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
Registration: | WT577 |
MSN: | 41H-665427 |
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) |
Destination airport: | RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT577: First flown at Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Dunsfold, Surrey 19/1/54. Delivered to the RAF 5/7/54 to the CFE AFDS (Central Fighter Establishment Air Fighting Development School) RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk. Then to 229 OCU, RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon as "RS-K"
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 20/8/56: Landed nose wheel first at Chivenor, Devon during a manual landing. Aircraft bounced several times before the nose wheel collapsed. Damage initially assessed as Cat.4(Repairable): aircraft removed by and to 49 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire for repairs on 21/8/56. However, instead struck off charge as Cat. 5(G/I) 9/10/56. To No.1 SoTT Halton for use as a Ground Instructional Airframe as 7374M: re-allocated to RAF Stradishall fire dump 2/3/1961, since perished
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.181 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.203
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%202251.html 6.
http://www.huntertheaircraft.co.uk/page147.html 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
05-Dec-2011 14:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2012 07:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
04-Dec-2018 09:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
24-Jun-2020 20:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Jun-2020 13:39 |
Allach |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |