Re: 1956 Valiant crash at Southwick, UK

[Nick Pedley]

"Chris McBrien" > wrote in message
om...
> On Friday the 11th May 1956 at 1315 hours a Valiant 'V' Bomber number
> WP202 crashed into a railway embankment in Southwick, West Sussex. The
> cause was put as a rudder lock. The pilot, Sqn/Ldr. K. Orman, tried to
> put the a/c down in Southwick Recreation ground as it was the only
> wide open space around. The a/c disintegrated when it hit the
> embankment.
>
> I've only been able to find the odd newspaper cutting from the Times
> Index in my local library. Has anyone any deeper information. This
> crash was only a mile or so from my Primary School. I was 12 at the
> time.
>
> Regards Chris McBrien (687410)

Have you considered the Air Accident Investigation Board or whatever they
were called back then? There must have been a report into the crash at the
time.
The MOD or the Public Records Office might help with that.

Nick

[DunxC]

I can confirm that there is a very nice accident report on this aircraft at the
PRO - looked through it briefly whilst searching for other stuff. Contains some
nice photos too.

Duncan

[Andy L]

"DunxC" > wrote in message
...
> I can confirm that there is a very nice accident report on this aircraft
at the
> PRO - looked through it briefly whilst searching for other stuff. Contains
some
> nice photos too.
>
> Duncan

Go to http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk

Click 'search the catalogue'

Search on phrase: valiant AND WP202

You will be rewarded with the Board of Trade file reference.

You can go to Kew to view it or have a copy made - but at 40p per photocopy
it can get expensive.

Andy L

[Chris McBrien]

"Andy L" > wrote in message >...
> "DunxC" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I can confirm that there is a very nice accident report on this aircraft
> at the
> > PRO - looked through it briefly whilst searching for other stuff. Contains
> some
> > nice photos too.
> >
> > Duncan
>
> Go to http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk
>
> Click 'search the catalogue'
>
> Search on phrase: valiant AND WP202
>
> You will be rewarded with the Board of Trade file reference.
>
Andy,
if I'd known it was that simple I'd have gone there before. They
only releaved me of seven weeks of a 1961 Apprentices pay.

When using the search engine make sure that you enter the word
AND in uppercase, as it says.

Chris. 687410
> You can go to Kew to view it or have a copy made - but at 40p per photocopy
> it can get expensive.
>
> Andy L