ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58365
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| Date: | 16-NOV-1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Squadron Royal Air Force (43 (China-British) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | WT589 |
| MSN: | 41H-665441 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | St. Andrew's Bay, 7 miles East of RAF Leuchars, Fife -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife [ADX/EGQL] |
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT589: First flown 15/6/1954; Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 9/7/1954. Sole RAF service was with 43 Squadron at RAF Leuchars
Written off 16/11/1954: Engine flamed out at 1,500 feet after pilot completed a QGH approach to Leuchars. Aircraft crashed into St. Andrew's Bay, seven miles east of the airfield. Pilot - Sergeant Pilot Walter Alfred Wilding - ejected safely
Sources:
1. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Bedle
2. Hawker Hunter 1951 to 2007 p.39 by David J Griffin
3. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.96)
5. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.101
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 Oct 1954 | WT590 | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF | 1 | near RAF Leuchars, Fife | |
w/o |
| 24 Jan 1957 | WT591 | DFLS RAF | 0 | RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2011 13:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2013 02:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 10:40 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:55 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
| 28-Apr-2020 18:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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