ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58296
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| Date: | 28-FEB-1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn Royal Air Force (1 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | WP131 |
| MSN: | S4/U/3010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
| RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.5 WP131: Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble on 12/5/1955. Sole RAF service career was as "V" of 1 Squadron RAF Tangmere
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) at RAF Tangmere, Sussex, 28/2/1957 when the undercarriage collapsed on landing, and aircraft swung off the runway. Not repaired, formally Struck off charge as Cat.5 (c) at Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Baginton, Coventry
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 81)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.234
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WP
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Mar-2012 08:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2012 08:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase] |
| 28-Jun-2014 10:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 14-Nov-2018 06:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport] |
| 29-Jul-2020 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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