ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58311
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| Date: | Monday 27 August 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | WT637 |
| MSN: | 41H-665472 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT637: First flown at Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Dunsfold, Surrey 15/9/1954. Delivered to the RAF 11/10/1954 at 5 MU Kemble. First issued for service 30/12/54 to 43 Squadron, RAF Leuchars. Then to 222 Squadron (coded "G" later "F"). Cat.3(R) damage at RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk in April 1956. Repaired on site by CWP (Contractor's Working Party). Then issued to 229 OCU RAF Chivenor as "RS-D"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27/8/56: The radio inspection panels came adrift after take off from RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon and damaged both air intakes and the fuselage skin. This was due to the aircraft not being refitted with its original panels. Hunter WT637 was not repaired and was Struck off Charge as Cat.5(G/I). Then allocated to 1 SoTT RAF Halton as ground instructional airframe 7375M. To Manston Fire School 8/6/1961, since perished
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 96)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.209
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Dec-2011 16:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2020 18:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2020 18:59 | Digger | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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