Date:	Wednesday 6 January 1954
Time:	17:20
Type:	Vickers Valetta T.3
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	WJ474
MSN:	599
Year of manufacture:	1952
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Aldbury, Hertfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Bovingdon RAF Station
Destination airport:	Thorney Island RAF Station

Narrative:
Four minutes after takeoff the aircraft lost height and hit a tree during a blizzard.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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