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Date: | Tuesday 18 March 1958 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Folland Gnat |
Owner/operator: | Folland Aircraft Ltd |
Registration: | IE1059 |
MSN: | FL7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Hampshire |
Destination airport: | Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Hampshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:first flown 14/8/1957 in "Class B" markings G-39-3, one of six pre-production Gnats delivered by Folland Aircraft to the Ministry of Supply to contract Acft/6/12292. RAF serial XK768 allocated but not taken up, to Indian Air Force as IE1059. Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 18/3/1958 when belly landed at Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Hampshire. Not repaired, shipped to India as Ground Instructional Airframe. Preserved at Delhi, India
Most recently reported (in August 2010) at Rishu Mandolia/Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. The aircraft is on display in a barbed wire enclosure with a board giving the type's background and performance particulars; it is stated to be an Ajeet but as it only has two underwing hardpoints is far more likely to be a Gnat. Also, the serial number of the aircraft is not in sequence with known serials of Ajeets.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2001 page 52)
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XK 3. Folland Gnat Production list:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/folland.pdf 4.
http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=501 5.
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/gnat/survivor.php?id=933 6.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/ah1900/fafoprod.html Media:
Folland Gnat F.1 preserved at the Indian Air Force Museum, New Delhi Indira Gandhi airport, India, 05/02/07.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jun-2018 19:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
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