ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331406
| Date: | Thursday 21 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ895 |
| MSN: | 619 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Oakington RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Varsity collided in midair with Cessna 150F G-ATKF. It returned safely to RAF Oakington but was not repaired. The Cessna also landed safely.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987
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