Date:	Thursday 7 May 1953
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta T.3
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	WG258
MSN:	506
Year of manufacture:	1951
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	40 km W off Hartland Point, United Kingdom -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Hullavington RAF Station
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Valetta T.3, serving with RAF 1 ANS, departed RAF Hullavington for a routine air navigation sortie. The aircraft crashed at sea for unknown reasons.

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