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Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | CFE DFLS RAF |
Registration: | WT618 |
MSN: | 41H-665453 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter WT618: First flown 28/7/1954, delivered 7/9/1954 to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble. To 43 Squadron, RAF Leuchars (coded "O"). Note that the code letter was painted in a very "squared off" form, which looks a lot like the letter "D" from certain angles. Hence several sources listing WT618 as "D" of 43 Squadron. Later to the CFE DFLS (Central Fighter Establishment Day Fighter Leaders School) RAF from 4/4/56
Written off 5/6/56: The pilot allowed the aircraft to sink below 50 feet during a practice strike and struck a tall tree. It returned to West Raynham, Norfolk. but was declared a write off.
Formally struck off charge as CAT 5(c) on 14/09/1956
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 15)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Beedle
5. 43 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/51 to 31/12/55: File AIR 27/2612/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424252 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 7.
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 14:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Mar-2019 13:41 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
17-Jun-2020 00:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jun-2020 08:50 |
Digger |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
21-Jun-2020 20:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |