Date:	Saturday 10 December 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Hunter F Mk 5
Owner/operator:	41 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WP187
MSN:	S4/U/3038
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.5 WP187: Delivered to RAF at 5 MU Kemble 8/7/55. Issued to To 41 Squadron (coded 'R').

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/12/55: Severely damaged when caught fire on engine start up at RAF Biggin Hil, Kent. Pilot (Flying Officer J.E.Lancaster (2577346) RAF was unhurt. Aircraft burnt out, remains Struck off Charge as Cat.5(s) and scrapped

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.176 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 82)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.169
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2009 11:55	ASN archive	Added
20-Mar-2012 08:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Aug-2012 08:32	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
06-Jun-2020 16:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2023 21:15	Nepa	Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]