Date:	Friday 25 May 1951
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	London UAS RAF
Registration:	WB607
MSN:	C1/0048
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB607, London UAS (University Air Squadron) RAF: delivered 4/4/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/05/1951. Hit HT cable during practice forced landing soon after take off near Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. No reported injuries to the crew.

Damage initially assessed as Cat.3 (Repairable): returned to de Havilland's for repairs. However, upon inspection, damage was more severe than initially assessed, and WB607 was re-classified as "beyond economic repair". Struck off charge on 13/9/1951 as CAT 5(Scrap)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.114 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.139
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jun-2008 16:06	JINX	Added
07-Jun-2008 22:01	JINX	Updated
12-Nov-2011 08:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 07:33	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator]
23-Jan-2021 22:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jan-2021 09:37	Emil Robot	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]