I am sorting some old negatives and slides from decades ago, I took this picture, some research has revealed some info but not sure its correct, like to know a bit more about the incident which I believe the Pilot had engine problem / failure and retracted the gear as nearly at V1 but happy to be corrected, date would be 1981/2? possibly WH972 100sq CM Thanks !
Canberra at RAF Wyton off end of runway by BMrider2012 Over Half a Million views! Thankyou :-, on Flickr
By: Binbrook 01 - 6th April 2015 at 12:08
There is a newspaper clipping of the little scrape at the bottom of this page of photos
http://www.rafanddfsa.co.uk/Action%20Page.htm#Top
Tim S
By: Denis - 8th March 2015 at 21:57
I cannot add anything but to say that I drove past and see it laying there, unless there were two such incidents I seem to remember it laying the other side of the A141 from the runway, was this correct, or is my mind playing tricks?
By: Binbrook 01 - 8th March 2015 at 20:07
Evening all
WH972 was a B.6 converted to a B.15 and then it was converted to an E.15, and used by 98 Sqn at one point. Sadly this is the one that (after repair from the above) came down short of the Runway at RAF Kinloss in June 1990 with fatalities
Tim S
By: wieesso - 8th March 2015 at 17:59
http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wtm-1981-12.htm
December 1981,17th WH972 CM Canberra T17 100 Sqn Overshoot
Martin
By: Oxcart - 8th March 2015 at 17:38
I’ve just read the history of RAF Wyton online and the closest i can get is a mention of an incident in which TT18 WK127 left the runway during landing and the pilot had to retract the ‘gear to avoid the control tower! Hope this helps!
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March 8, 2015 at 4:27 pm