ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154355
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| Date: | Monday 25 June 1956 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Supermarine Attacker FB.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 1832 (VR) Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WK328 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Climping Parish Church, near RNAS Ford, Arundel, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Ford /HMS Peregrine, Yapton, West Sussex |
| RNAS Ford /HMS Peregrine, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Attacker FB.1 WK328: 1832 (RNVR) Squadron FAA RN, RAF Benson coded "828" from 14/2/56
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/6/1956 when crashed near the parish church at Climping after being waved off on an MADDL approach, (Mirror Assisted Dummy Deck Landing) at RNAS Ford, 1/4 mile away. The pilot, Lieutenant Jack Stanner Wyatt RNVR (aged 30) was killed. Struck off charge as Cat.ZZ damaged 19/7/1956.
In an ironic twist, the pilot was buried in the churchyard of the very church he had crashed near to...
Sources:
1. Ray Sturtivant et al.: Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946, Air-Britain 2004 p.568
2. West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 05 July 1956
3. http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1956.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170623231324/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Attacker.html
5. http://www.flightglobalimages.com/vickers_supermarine_attacker/print/1570163.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
7. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm
8. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=9298.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2013 12:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Mar-2013 12:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2013 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2013 18:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2013 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2020 15:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2020 15:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Jun-2020 14:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2020 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2021 16:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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