Date:	Thursday 12 March 1953
Time:	night
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	RAF College Cranwell
Registration:	WK563
MSN:	C1/0581
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (EGYD)
Destination airport:	RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire (EGYE)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DHC-1 Chipmunk T10, WK563/"DN", RAF College Cranwell: delivered 3/3/1952. Written off 12/3/1953 when crashed in a flying accident at RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire.

During night flying in good weather conditions, the pilot positioned the aircraft badly behind three other aircraft, and then allowed the aircraft to descend, The aircraft undershot on approach to RAF Barkston Heath, and was written off due to damage sustained when the aircraft flew into a tree.

Despite being written off as "damaged beyond repair", the pilot appears to have survived with only minor injuries.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.142 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.347
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
5. Photo of accident: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/raf-dhc-chipmunk-wk563-crashed-276248041
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 12:23	JINX	Added
16-Apr-2021 00:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]