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Date: | Thursday 28 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk XI |
Owner/operator: | HCCF RAF |
Registration: | PH717 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey (EGTF) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson Mk.XI PH717 [coded "16"], HCCF (Home Command Communications Flight), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/4/1955: The aircraft suffered an undercarriage failure while taxiing at RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey. The pilot - Flight Lieutenant F.T.Cooper - and his passengers were not injured but the aircraft was not repaired.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2, The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 131)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.129
4. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5.
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Dr. John Smith |
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Dr. John Smith |
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12-May-2020 21:57 |
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