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02-Mar-1956, VW861, Valetta C1, 48 Sqn
The aircraft was undertaking a supply
drop and approached the dropping zone both low and slow with both engines
throttled back. After dropping one pack the aircraft began a starboard turn
but the port wing struck a tree and the aircraft cartwheeled into a gully.
F/Lt Thomas James McColl, 33, pilot,
F/O Colin Reginald Clisby, Navigator,
Sgt David Brodie, Air Signaller,
L/Cpl T H Randle, Air Dispatcher, 55 Company Royal Army Service Corps.
Driver A A Driver, (as above)
Driver A H Hickman, (as above)
Driver M F Boardman, (as above)
In 2019, the aircraft's wreck was
found on the mountain slope approximately 5km from Kampung Raja-Dabong main
road. Most of the plane sections were missing while remnants of the cockpit,
tailwheel, part of the wing section, and one propeller cowling were lying
undisturbed nearby.
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Valetta
VW861
