Date:	Tuesday 9 July 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	CNCS RAF
Registration:	WK561
MSN:	C1/0579
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	4 miles North of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK561: Delivered 3/3/1952. Operational service career was with RAF College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire and as "L" of the CNCS (Central Navigation & Control School) RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/7/1957: Hit hedge during forced landing after the engine cut. Aircraft wrecked in forced landing four miles north of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.191 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 67)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.255
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 12:20	JINX	Added
27-Oct-2013 03:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Aug-2014 16:20	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Damage, Narrative]
07-Aug-2020 17:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 09:45	Harro	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]