ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56538
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| Date: | 31-MAY-1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
| Registration: | WW435 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/248 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Potton, 2 miles NNE of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WW435: Delivered 22/10/54. RAF Career was with the RAF College, Cranwell, only
Written off 31/5/1955: engine failed and aircraft overshot during forced landing near Potton, 2 miles north-north-east of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. The pilot - Flight Cadet W D Page - survived uninjured.
Damaged aircraft struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) and relegated to instructional airframe to 7227M on 7/7/55
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 104)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.136
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WW
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2013 16:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2020 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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