Date:	Wednesday 4 August 1954
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VX557
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bahrain-Muhurraq RAF Station -   Bahrain
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Bahrain-Muhurraq RAF Station
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The undercarriage jammed after takeoff. The Valetta crash-landed, causing the undercarriage to collapse.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
UK Serials

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