ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58336
Last updated: 14 January 2021
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| Date: | 19-JAN-1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F1 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Squadron Royal Air Force (43 (China-British) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | WT623 |
| C/n / msn: | 41H-665458 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea, off East coast of Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT623: First flown at Hawker Aircraft, Dunsfold, Surrey 15/7/54. Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 5/8/54. Delivered to RAF Leuchars 23/9/54 to become "H" of 43 Squadron, RAF
Written off (presumed destroyed) 19 January 1956. Disappeared from radar contact at 25,000 feet over the North Sea over the east coast of Scotland during air to sea firing trials using high-velocity ammunition, eleven minutes after take off from RAF Leuchars. No trace of the aircraft or pilot were found. Pilot - Pilot Officer William Sutherland Carmichael RAF (Service Number 1570406, aged 31) - posted as missing, presumed killed.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 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.174
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Bedle
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2010 02:49 | penguin832 | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2011 06:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Mar-2012 08:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2019 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2020 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2020 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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