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File:Westland Wyvern TF1 prototype c1947.jpg

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|Description=The first prototype of the Westland ''Wyvern'' TF.1 (serial TS371). This aircraft made its first flight on 12 December 1946. It crashed during a test flight on 15 October 1947. The Rolls-Royce ''Eagle'' engine suffered a failure of the pitch translation bearing during the return to RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset UK. This caused the rear unit of the propeller to move into superfine pitch, leading to severe loss of thrust and increase to drag and torque. The pilot, Sqn. Ldr. P.J. Garner, made a forced landing near Cattistock, Dorset, but he was probably hit by a section of the propeller blade which penetrated the cockpit. He became unconscious and died in the ensueing fire.

|Description=The first prototype of the Westland ''Wyvern'' TF.1 (serial TS371). This aircraft made its first flight on 12 December 1946. It crashed during a test flight on 15 October 1947. The Rolls-Royce ''Eagle'' engine suffered a failure of the pitch translation bearing during the return to RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset UK. This caused the rear unit of the propeller to move into superfine pitch, leading to severe loss of thrust and increase to drag and torque. The pilot, Sqn. Ldr. P.J. Garner, made a forced landing near Cattistock, Dorset, but he was probably hit by a section of the propeller blade which penetrated the cockpit. He became unconscious and died in the ensueing fire.
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|Source={{IWM Collections|ATP 14814F|oid=205125735}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|ATP 14814F|oid=205125735|nocat=1}}

|Date={{other date|ca|1947}}

|Date={{other date|ca|1947}}

|Author=British official photographer

|Author=British official photographer
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[[Category:Westland Wyvern]]

[[Category:Westland Wyvern]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

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[[Category:Collections of the Imperial War Museum]]

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