Date:	Saturday 30 August 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	Manchester UAS RAF
Registration:	WK579
MSN:	C1/0601
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF North Weald, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF North Weald, Essex
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth T7265, RAF North Weald Station Flight was written off (damaged beyond repair) on 30/8/1952 in a take off accident at RAF North Weald, Essex. The pilot abandoned the take off run when the aircraft would not climb away from the runway, due to him taking off uphill and with a tail wind.

After abandoning the take off run, the Tiger Moth swung off the runway, and collided with parked de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK579 of Manchester UAS (Unversity Air Squadron) RAF. The Chipmunk was written off (damaged beyond repair); after being sent to DeHavillands for asessement, it was deemed "beyond repair", and Struck Off Charge on 17/11/1952 as CAT 5(c). No crew fatalites or injuries to the crew of either aircraft (it is believed that Chipmunk WK579 was unoccupied at the time of the accident).

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA000-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.286
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 13:36	JINX	Added
13-Feb-2020 07:39	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
22-Mar-2021 17:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
22-Mar-2021 17:14	Udet	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]