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Date: | Monday 13 August 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | CFE DFLS RAF |
Registration: | WT627 |
MSN: | 41H-665462 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Oxwick, 4 miles south of Fakeham, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.M.k1 WT627: First flown at Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Dunsfold, Surrey, 7/8/54, Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 4/10/54. Sole operation RAF career was with the CFE DFLS (Central Fighter Establishment Day Fighter Leaders School) at RAF West Raynham, Norfolk
Lost power on approach to West Raynham, engine flamed out and would not relight, and crashed near Oxwick, four miles south of Fakenham, Norfolk. Pilot, Day Fighter Leaders School - Squadron Leader. W. Edwards - ejected safely
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.204
4.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170723045955/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1956.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxwick 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Dec-2011 17:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Mar-2019 13:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
24-Jun-2020 20:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Jun-2020 13:43 |
Digger |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |