ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154502
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| Date: | Monday 22 October 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk F Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 764 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WF163 |
| MSN: | AWA. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Ford, (HMS Peregrine) Yapton, Arundel, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Ford, (HMS Peregrine) Yapton, Arundel, West Sussex |
| RNAS Ford, (HMS Peregrine) Yapton, Arundel, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Sea Hawk F.1 WF163: First flown at Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft, Baginton, Coventry 28/1/1953. Delivered to the FAA RN at RNAS Abbotsinch AHU 7/3/1953. First issued for service with 806 squadron FAA RN at HMS Goldcrest, RNAS Brawdy 23/6/1953 as "163/BY".
Withdrawn from service to short term storage at RNAS Lossiemouth AHU from 23/6/1954. Next issued for service to 736 Squadron FAA RN at RNAS Lossiemouth as "111/LM" from 23/6/1954. To RNAY Fleetlands from 17/1/1955 for major servicing and Cat.4 repairs.
Next issued to service with 764 Squadron RN FAA from 13/3/1956 at RNAS Ford, (HMS Peregrine) Yapton, Arundel, West Sussex as "690/FD later "702/FD"
Crashed 22/10/1956: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when swung off the runway on landing at RNAS Ford, Sussex after the starboard undercarriage collapsed. Pilot Sub Lieutenant J S Hopkins uninjured.
Not repaired: first allocated to RNAS Ford AHU for repairs 31/10/1956, but repairs considered not economically viable.
Re-allocated to RNAS Ford for ground instructional 12/1/1957 use as GI airframe A2428. Moved by road to RNAS Lee-on-Solent 11/3/1957. Struck off charge as Cat.ZZ 19/3/1957
Moved to RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall in December 1959 for crash rescue/fire fighting training, and scrapped by mid-1960
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant et all, Air Britain, 2004 p,414)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2013 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Apr-2013 07:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2020 19:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2020 20:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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