Date:	Tuesday 6 September 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:	LAS RAF
Registration:	WZ852
MSN:	C1/0873
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP)
Destination airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WZ852: Delivered 29/4/53. Sole RAF operational use was with the LAS (Light Aircraft School) at RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/9/55: The engine failed to pick up after being throttled back to simulate an engine failure on approach to RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire. In the subsequent emergency landing the aircraft overran the runway and collided with the perimeter fence. No reported injuries to the two crew

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.174 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 110)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.154
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-May-2020 16:07	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Feb-2021 10:37	Xindel	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]