This Chipmunk has me intrigued it was painted in Bristol University
colours although it never served with this unit and was not
the real WP976 which was written off in 1962 while serving with BUAS
Its real rego was WP791

It has resided in Australia for number of Years as VH-ZIZ and is still
in RAF marking as WP791

I have photos of my chippie days and a couple of WP838 one being air to air
but nothing on WK610 being a Chippie buff i dont think i have ever seen
a photo of WK610

Talking of Chipmunks …Did any of you out there ever fly in chippie’s WP838 and WK610 of Bristol UAS … Ive got a small piece of WP838 which a local farmer gave me, they were both involved in a air collision in September 1967 Near Portishead ,Bristol. would be nice to hear from anyone who flew these two aircraft, the crash is talked about now and again at village functions. infact WK610 is pretty much where she dived in , in on bog land near Walton in Gordano,which is now a nature reserve, I believe at the time the MOD could not retrieve the wreckage, as for WP838 she went down into the side of a hill, less than a mile away and burnt out, I hasent to add, Both crews Baled out 😀

I flew both WP838 and WK610 while serving as a staff cadet with
with Nbr 3 Air Experience Flight.
I left in 1966 prior to the accident but understood that they were
practising formation aerobatics.The commanding Officer of
Bristol University was in one of the Aircraft.
WK610 in my time was a dedicated BUAS A/C WP838 was allocated
to 3AEF. Although both units pooled A/C.