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Date: | Friday 14 October 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WN971 |
MSN: | S4/U/2958 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.Mk.5 WB971: Delivered 30/3/1955 to the RAF at 45 MU.Became 'T' of 56 Squadron (sole operational service).
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) when crashed on landing 14/10/1955 at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Pilot not injured. Struck off charge as Cat.5 (scrap) and sold as scrap 27/10/1955 at No.58 MU Sutton Bridge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.175 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.81 )
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.162
4. 56 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/51 to 31/12/55: File AIR 27/2620/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424700 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WN 6.
http://www.56sqnfirebirds.org.uk/flyingmachines_earlyjets.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Mar-2012 06:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2012 13:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
27-May-2013 05:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
31-May-2020 19:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |