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Date: | Wednesday 27 June 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Bristol 171 Sycamore HR.14 |
Owner/operator: | JEHU RAF |
Registration: | XJ362 |
MSN: | 13266 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Bulford Camp, Amesbury, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
Destination airport: | Bulford Camp, Amesbury, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Bristol Sycamore HR.14 XJ362: first flown 6/4/1955, delivered 3/5/1955. Operational service was with the JEHU (Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit) RAF.
Written off 27/06/1956: Damaged beyond repair near Bulford Camp, near Amesbury, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire when ground resonance built up on landing. Aircraft sustained structural damage; no injuries to the two crew, but the helicopter was not repaired.
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 XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 48)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.201
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.filton.flyer.co.uk/bristol/prod171.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulford_Camp 7.
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/48256/ 8.
https://www.helis.com/database/sqd/JEHU/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Apr-2013 20:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Mar-2019 08:31 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2020 15:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Feb-2021 10:16 |
E.Robot |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |