ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140218
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 24-JAN-1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F1 |
| Operator: | DFLS, RAF |
| Registration: | WT591 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Aicraft on charge of the RAF DFLS (Day Fighter Leader's Squadron). Skidded on ice on landing on 24/1/1957 at RAF West Raynham, Norfolk. Aircraft overshot and hit the boundary fence, shearing off the starboard undercarriage leg.
Struck off charge as Cat5(G/I): Allocated to Ground Instructional Airframe use as 7411M at 1 SoTT at RAF Halton on 23/4/1957. Not used as such, instead re-classified as Cat.5(c) at 19 MU RAF St. Athan on 26/4/1957. Re-classified Cat.5(scrap) struck off charge and moved to fire dump 17/5/1957
Sources:
1. Transcript of Aircraft Record Card (Air Ministry Form 78): Ministry of Defence Archives May 1986
2..Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999, James J. Halley (Air Britain 1983)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
4. www.planetrace.co.uk/1950_-_1959_16.html
5. www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2011 06:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Mar-2013 04:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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