ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56631
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| Date: | 19-JAN-1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS Royal Air Force (2 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | WV664 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/181 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 miles NNE of Pocklington, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rufforth, York, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV664, 2 FTS, RAF: Written off when crashed and destroyed 19 January 1960, when failed to recover from a spin, and crashed five miles north north east of Pocklington, North Yorkshire, killing the pilot. He was on a training sortie when the aircraft dived from cloud into the ground near Pocklington, Yorkshire, he may have become disoriented
Pilot - Alan Lambert VARNEY. Midshipman, Royal Navy, on HMS Heron (RNAS Yeovilton). Born 27th January 1941 died 19th January 1960 aged 18, laid to rest in All Saints churchyard, Newton on Ouse, Yorkshire. YO30 2BL.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.201 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 102)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/426: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424547
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
5. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
7. Pilots headstone: https://www.militaryimages.net/media/alan-lambert-varney.102877/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945#1960s
9. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1960-62.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2012 15:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2013 03:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2019 16:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2020 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2020 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Jan-2020 22:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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