ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14942
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| Date: | Thursday 4 August 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WA113 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Fakenham, 3 miles east of RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 WA113: Delivered 22/5/50. RAF Service career was with 3 Squadron, 14 Squadron, 130 Squadron, and 5 FTS
Crashed and destroyed 4/8/1955: Dived into ground near Fakenham recovering from loop 3 miles east of Sculthorpe, Norfolk. Pilot Killed.
Crew of Vampire WA113:
Pilot Officer Michael Victor Whiting Walker RAF (pilot, Service Number 4141154, aged 30) - killed on active service 4/8/55
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.172 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 7)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.148
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40220/supplement/3873/data.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculthorpe_Training_Area
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakenham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2008 08:01 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Mar-2013 13:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 18:01 | MiG21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 10-Jan-2020 11:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 25-May-2020 16:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2020 20:47 | MIG21 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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