Date:	Thursday 23 October 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	5 BFTS RAF
Registration:	WK510
MSN:	C1/0546
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Broombriggs Farm, 4 miles SW of Loughborough, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10, WK510, 5 BFTS (Basic Flying Training School): delivered 11/1/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/10/1952. While the pilot was making a practice forced landing at Broombriggs Farm, four miles South West of Loughborough, Leicestershire, the aircraft took a steep turn close to the ground, struck some trees, and dived into the ground. The pilot was killed

Crew of Chipmunk WK510:
Pilot Officer John Frederick CROWE (pilot) RAF - killed in serivce 23/10/1952

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.135 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 305
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
5. https://www.leicscountryparks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/N0296-Broombriggs-Farm-And-Windmill-Hill-Leaflet-Web-Version.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 11:59	JINX	Added
21-Nov-2018 19:53	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator]
27-Mar-2021 17:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Mar-2021 22:09	MiG17	Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator]