ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240698
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| Date: | Friday 24 January 1958 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Slingsby T.21B Sedburgh TX.1 |
| Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
| Registration: | WB925 |
| MSN: | 588 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Slingsby T.21B Sedburgh TX.1 WB925: Built by Slingsbys to Contract No 6/Acft./3588/c.b.9a. Delivered 5/7/49. Known operational service was with 123 Gliding School, 623 Gliding School, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, then the CFS (Central Flying School) RAF
Written off 24/1/1958: damaged beyond repair at RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent when the hangar the glider was being stored in collapsed under the weight of a recent heavy snowfall. Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 8/4/1958.
Despite being written off, was sold on to the RAFGSA (Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association) and re-registered as RAFGSA 212, later RAFGSA R92, and then as BGA2964/EUN, and operated out of Booker Air Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Reported as still airworthy and in use in January 2020
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t21.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/wb925a.jpg
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/bga2964.jpg
6. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/284073-air-cadet-gliding-pix-80s-pre-glass-11.html#post4713375
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2020 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-Aug-2020 07:35 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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