Date:	Friday 10 August 1956
Time:	day
Type:	English Electric Canberra T Mk 4
Owner/operator:	Laarbruch SF RAF
Registration:	WT484
MSN:	71442
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wesel, near Empel (NRW) -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Laarbruch, West Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The aircraft had almost recovered from a steep high speed dive when the starboard wing dropped and it dived into the ground at Wesel-on-Rhine, near Empel, West Germany. It exploded on impact killing the three crew.
Crew:-
Squadron Leader R.W. Bradley (Q.F.I. Pilot, Service Number 57107)
Pilot Officer C.J. Miller, RAF (Service Number 4335154)
Flying Officer S.C. Handley, RAF (Service Number 507904)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 95)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/353: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424474
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2834: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578614
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
6. http://www.laarbruch-museum.net/ENG/Crashes/10081956.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Jan-2012 15:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
12-Apr-2013 00:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
06-May-2013 18:51	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
05-Nov-2019 10:06	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
21-Jan-2020 20:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2020 22:07	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jan-2020 17:51	Uli Elch	Updated [Location]