Date:	Monday 11 July 1955
Time:
Type:	Vickers Varsity T.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	WJ904
MSN:	625
Year of manufacture:	1952
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 264
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	7,2 km N of Thorney Island RAF Station -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Thorney Island RAF Station
Destination airport:	Thorney Island RAF Station

Narrative:
The Varsity was engaged in a single engine training flight when the propeller on the working engine was accidently feathered. The aircraft crash-landed.
It was serving with RAF No.2 Air Navigation School.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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7 July 1960

WJ914

Royal Air Force - RAF

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6,4 km SSW of Oakington RAF Station

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