Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WP845,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139839
 
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Date:Wednesday 17 July 1974
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:Northumbrian UAS RAF
Registration: WP845
MSN: C1/0729
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Received minor damage 17/7/1974 after taxying into an obstruction at St. Athan, Glamorgan. Later declared a write off and reduced to PAX (cockpit section) at St Athan, to No.1329 ATC Squadron, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 30/12/1974. Later sold off and stored at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley Air Britain 1983 p.84)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1974.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20131103124258/http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=6733
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2011 10:16 Dr. John Smith Added
25-Jun-2013 10:11 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Jul-2015 16:09 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
28-Jul-2015 16:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
28-Jul-2015 16:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]
29-Nov-2019 22:26 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
29-Jun-2023 10:05 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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