ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56532
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| Date: | Monday 24 October 1955 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Percival Provost T Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WV627 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/154 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yatton Keynell, 5 miles west of Chippenham, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire (EGDV) |
| RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire (EGDV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 24/10/1955: Collided with Provost T.1 WV631 in the RAF Hullavington circuit at night, whilst flying solo, and crashed near Yatton Keynell, five miles west of Chippenham, Wiltshire. Both crew of both aircraft were killed. Pilot of WV627 was Flight Lieutenant Humphrey Arthur STENNER, aged 33
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.175 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 102)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.164
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=871
5. http://www.yattonkeynell.com/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06876.php
7. http://www.pro-patria.co.uk/Text/Chippenham%20Cemetery/Humphrey_Stenner.htm
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2013 17:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2013 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2013 18:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2017 19:42 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location] |
| 20-Oct-2019 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 28-Oct-2019 08:55 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-May-2020 21:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 01-Jun-2020 10:25 | Boile A. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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