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Date: | Monday 2 May 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WW640 |
MSN: | 41H-680288 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Odiham, near Basingstoke, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WW640: Delivered to the RAF 17-12-54. To 54 Squadron, RAF Odiham (coded 'C'). Damaged beyond repair when caught fire during engine start-up at RAF Odiham, Hampshire 2-5-55. The pilot - Flight Lieutenant P J Fry - was uninjured.
Damage initially assessed as Cat.3(Repairable): however later re-assessed as Cat.5(G/I) 7-6-55 and became Ground Instructional Airframe 7212M. To RAF Kirkham for ground instructional use. Finally scrapped at Kirkham 26-10-57.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.105
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.130
4.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WW 6. No 54 Squadron: Operations Record Book. (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) 1/1/51 to 31/12/55: File AIR 27/2619/106 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424699 7.
https://amounderness.co.uk/raf_kirkham_canberra_1955.html
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Mar-2012 07:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2012 08:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
14-May-2020 00:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-May-2020 07:57 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |