Date:	Tuesday 29 July 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	5 BFTS RAF
Registration:	WK547
MSN:	C1/0562
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
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, WK547, 5 BFTS (Basic Flying Training School): delivered 4/2/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/7/1952. During the take off run at RAF Desford, Leicestershire, the aircraft struck another, parked aircraft (Chipmunk T.19 WK519, also of 5 BFTS). Both aircraft were not repaired, and instead Struck off Charge 29/7/1952 as Cat.5(c) to be reduced to spares and produce. Both crew of Chipmunk WK547 were uninjured; there was no one aboard Chipmunk WK519 at the time of the above incident.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.130 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 273
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Desford#Post-war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 12:15	JINX	Added
21-Nov-2018 19:52	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
16-Mar-2021 20:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source]
17-Mar-2021 14:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]