Date:	Tuesday 10 May 1960
Time:	day
Type:	English Electric Canberra B(I).6
Owner/operator:	213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WT321
MSN:	71483
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Resthausen, near Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bruggen, Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Written off 10/05/1960: Flew into the ground from cloud at Resthausen near Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. when trying to recover from a LABS practice bombing run at Varrelbusch, West Germany. The three crew were killed:

Crew of Canberra WT321:
Flight Lieutenant Peter Legge CROSSLEY, 35, Pilot
Flight Lieutenant John Frederick William KEATY, 31, Navigator
Flying Officer Frederick Eugene BRIGGS, 24, Navigator

1. Volker Urbanyky German crash site researcher found the site 2012 email: v.urbansky@t-online.de
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.202 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 94)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/426: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424550
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/39/S2972: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578752
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13942-Canberra-WT321-213Sq-RAF-Br%FCggen-fatal-accident-10.05.1960-Germany
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
9. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloppenburg

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Apr-2013 20:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-May-2013 20:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
12-Jun-2019 16:16	Anon.	Updated [Source, Photo]
27-Jan-2020 17:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2020 17:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]