ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56659
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| Date: | 02-DEC-1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T1 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF Flying College |
| Registration: | WV552 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/098 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV552: delivered 28/01/1954. Operational service career was with 22 FTS (Flying Training School) and the RAF Flying College, Cranwell Lincolnshire as "D-W".
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 2/12/1957: Overturned during a forced landing into a field short of the runway at RAF Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire after the engine cut out. Pilot (flying solo) was killed.
Crew of Provost WV552:
Flight Cadet J.R. Owen (Pilot) RAF - killed on active service 2/12/1957
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.194 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.273
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1957
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2012 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 12:10 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Aug-2020 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2021 20:10 | Coumes | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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