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Date: | Tuesday 10 July 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | Bircham Newton SF RAF |
Registration: | WB583 |
MSN: | C1/0035 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Bircham Newton, Docking, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB583: Delivered 28/3/50. RAF Service career was with 22 RFS (Reserve Flying School), 2 RFS and RAF Bircham Newton Station Flight
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/7/56: Crashed on landing at RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Damaged aircraft taken to 71 MU RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire. Not repaired, and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 10/7/56, where authorised to be reduced to spares and produce.
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 19)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.202
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bircham_Newton Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Nov-2011 10:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-May-2013 18:47 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
27-Nov-2019 14:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Jun-2020 20:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Jun-2020 13:37 |
AlLach |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |