Date:	Sunday 15 April 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	Honington SF RAF
Registration:	WG487
MSN:	C1/0537
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Honington, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Honington, Suffolk (BEQ/EGXH)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WG487: delivered 3/1/1952. RAF Service career was with 5 BFTS (Basic Flying Training School), 9 RFS (Reserve Flying School), Durham UAS (University Air Squadron), 64 Group Communications Flight. 63 Group Communications Flight, and then the Station Flight at RAF Honington

Written off (Damaged beyond repair) 15/4/56 when hit ground equipment while taxiing at RAF Honington, Suffolk. Not repaired, but no injuries reported. Struck off charge 26/04/1956 as CAT 5(c) at No.58 MU Sutton Bridge and broken up for spares and produce.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.179 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.45)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.190
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jun-2008 03:53	JINX	Added
09-Nov-2011 05:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-May-2013 18:46	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
05-Nov-2019 10:45	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
14-Jun-2020 23:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]