Registration / Serial:WK640
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk
Aircraft Version:De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22
C/n (msn):C1/0655
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Leuchars (EGQL / ADX)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:Battle of Britain Air Show 1960
Photo Date:17 September 1960
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Photo ID:439200Submit Correction
View count: 299
Entered service in 1952 and here with St. Andrews UAS. Sold as G-BWUV in 1996 and wrecked on 20 February 2009 when the engine failed on take-off from former RAF airfield Wombleton, Yorkshire. The wreck was sold to an owner at Aylesbury, Hertfordshire and the aircraft is still registered in 2022, but not believed to have been rebuilt. [Caution: Chipmunk G-CERD is painted as WK640.]
Registration / Serial:WK640
Aircraft Version:De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22
C/n (msn):C1/0655
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Leuchars (EGQL / ADX)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 September 1960
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Registration / Serial:WK640
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk
Aircraft Version:De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22
C/n (msn):C1/0655
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Leuchars (EGQL / ADX)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:Battle of Britain Air Show 1960
Photo Date:17 September 1960
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Photo ID:439200Submit Correction
View count: 299
Entered service in 1952 and here with St. Andrews UAS. Sold as G-BWUV in 1996 and wrecked on 20 February 2009 when the engine failed on take-off from former RAF airfield Wombleton, Yorkshire. The wreck was sold to an owner at Aylesbury, Hertfordshire and the aircraft is still registered in 2022, but not believed to have been rebuilt. [Caution: Chipmunk G-CERD is painted as WK640.]
Registration / Serial:WK640
Aircraft Version:De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22
C/n (msn):C1/0655
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Leuchars (EGQL / ADX)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 September 1960
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact