Date:	Tuesday 26 January 1954
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	London UAS RAF
Registration:	WK578
MSN:	C1/0599
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Chineham, 2 miles NE of Andover, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10: Delivered to the RAF 31/3/1952. RAF service with 1 (B) FTS, and London UAS (University Air Squadron). Written off 26/1/1954: Engine failed, wrecked (damaged beyond repair) when overturned in a forced landing in snow at Chineham, 2 miles North East of Andover, Hampshire. No casualties reported among the two crew

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.154 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 68)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.30
4. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
7. https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/MIL16662

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 13:34	JINX	Added
20-Dec-2015 02:42	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 07:41	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
04-Apr-2020 22:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2020 09:17	Investig	Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Mar-2024 09:45	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]