Date:	Wednesday 3 February 1954
Time:	night
Type:	Boulton Paul Balliol T Mk 2
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	WG135
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Cottesmore, County Rutland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (EGXJ)
Destination airport:	RAF Cottesmore, Co. Rutland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Balliol T.Mk.2 WG135 of 7 FTS, RAF had a very short service life: it was delivered on 23.1.1954, served with 7 FTS, RAF, and was written off on 3.2.1954 when it bounced on landing at night, wing hit ground on overshoot, and aircraft cartwheeled at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland. The pilot - Pilot Officer E. Gardiner - survived with only minor injuries

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Boulton Paul Balliol: The Last Merlin-Powered Aircraft By Alec Brew
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.42) .
4. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.32
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2008 21:03	JINX	Added
19-Jun-2013 18:26	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
31-May-2017 22:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-May-2017 22:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
27-Jan-2020 23:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Apr-2020 23:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Jul-2023 21:43	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative]]