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Date: | Tuesday 23 February 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | English Electric Canberra B.2 |
Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WJ979 |
MSN: | R3/EA3/6604 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile from RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire (SQZ/EGXP) |
Destination airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire (SQZ/EGXP) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:EE Canberra B.Mk.2 WJ979: Delivered 20/7/53. RAF Service with 18 Squadron (only). Written off 23/02/1954: Lost power and stalled on BABS approach to RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. Flew into the ground one mile short of the runway, but all three crew survived
Crew of Canberra WJ979
Sergeant G N Griffiths
PIlot Officer P D J Ayres (Service Number 4066626)
Pilot Officer J K Randall (Service Number 4086658)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.154 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 64)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.36
4. 18 Squadron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for February 1954: file AIR 27/2692/13 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8440720 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1954 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=302 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WJ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jun-2008 12:01 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Apr-2013 20:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Nov-2018 06:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
05-Apr-2020 23:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |