Date:	Tuesday 16 October 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Balliol T Mk 2
Owner/operator:	TC CF RAF
Registration:	WN161
MSN:	BPA.4C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Upavon, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Upavon, Wiltshire
Destination airport:	RAF Upavon, Wiltshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Balliol T.Mk.2 WN161: Delivered 2/3/1954. RAF Service career was with the Station Flight, RAF Upavon, and the TCCS (Transport Command Communications Flight) also based at RAF Upavon

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/10/1956 when the undercarriage collapsed on landing at RAF Upavon. Airframe deemed as beyond economic repair, and Struck Off Charge 22/10/1956 as Cat.5(C) at No.49 MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire. No reported injuries to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 79)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.217
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WN

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Jul-2020 22:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Jul-2020 08:27	Yarbi	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-May-2021 21:02	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]