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Date: | Monday 28 September 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Canberra B.2 |
Owner/operator: | RAF Flying College Manby |
Registration: | WJ982 |
MSN: | R3/EA3/6607 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Manby, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Manby, Lincolnshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:EE Canberra B.Mk.2 WJ982 RAF Flying Colege Manby: delivered 27/8/1953. Written off 28/09/1953: Lost power on approach, yawed and crash landed at RAF Manby, Lincolnshire. No reported injuries to the three crew
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.150 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 416
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1953 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WJ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jun-2008 12:03 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Apr-2013 20:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Dec-2018 17:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
13-May-2021 21:11 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
17-May-2021 14:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |