ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56534
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| Date: | 14-OCT-1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS Royal Air Force (1 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | WV502 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/065 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Winkburn, NW of Newark, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV502: Delivered 19/11/53. RAF Service career was with 22 FTS and 1 FTS RAF
Written off 14/10/1955: The crew were flying the student pilot's final handling test, and 15 minutes after take off, the Provost was seen to be flying straight and level. Then the aircraft descended at a steep angle, stalled, and dived into the edge of a wood at Winkburn, north-west of Newark, Nottinghamshire. The exact cause of the accident was not determined, but it is believed that the student pilot was carrying out a simulated engine failure at too low an altitude to allow for recovery. Both crew were killed
Crew of Provost WV502:
Midshipman Alistair Hugh Gavin Low RN HMS Gamecock/RNAS Bramcote (Pupil Pilot Under Instruction, aged 19)
Squadron Leader George Herbert Tasney AFC RAF (QFI Instructor Pilot, Service Number 56193, aged 33)
The reported crash location of Winkburn is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Caunton. It is located north-west of Southwell and north-west of Newark.
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 101)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/305: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424426
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
5. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/military-graves-in-the-uk-post-ww2-newark-upon-trent.72995/#post-783630
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=250017&postcount=1
7. Gravestone of Squadron Leader Tasney: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96555212@N08/48577186201/
8. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1955.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkburn
10. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38924/supplement/2683/data.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2013 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2020 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2020 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2020 17:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 29-May-2020 16:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-May-2020 16:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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