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31-JAN-1959
DeHavilland DH 115 Vampire T.11
Registration: XE936 & WR194
Crash Location: 1/2 mile E of RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Crashed and destroyed 31/1/1959 when both aircraft were involved in a mid air collision. WR194 had just taken off from Cranwell when it wsa struck by XE936 which had not called up prior to joining the circuit. Both aircraft crashed killing the three crew
Flt Cadet Peter Keeling
Under Officer Michael Dickinson
QFI Flt Lt Donald G Murchie
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April 1st Prime Minister Harold Macmillan visited the College on the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Force.
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YEAR BOOK 1959
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1959
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