ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20365
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 April 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Liverpool UAS RAF |
| Registration: | WB555 |
| MSN: | C1/0007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woodvale, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodvale, Lancashire (EGOW) |
| RAF Woodvale (EGOW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Seventh production Chipmunk the the RAF, but one of the first batch of six to be delivered to the RAF (as part of the batch WB554-WB559) on 03/02/1949.
Crashed 26/04/1966: Stalled at 20 feet during landing practice and crashed onto the runway at RAF Woodvale, Lancashire. WB555 was declared a write off but then sent for repair. However repair attempts were later abandoned, and WB555 was declared a write off again, and struck off charge on 28/11/1966 as Cat.5(G/I)
Became ground instructional airframe 7924M as 5 MU RAF Kemble. Broken up at 19 MU RAF St. Athan in June 1979. Cockpit section ("Chippax") removed by 06/03/2006 to Breighton, Yorkshire. However not reported since February 2007, and may have been scrapped or broke up for parts at some point in 2007.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1467281/
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
5. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=343
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2008 02:24 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Nov-2011 13:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2015 04:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2015 04:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 07:46 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
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