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Date: | Monday 1 September 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WA150 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Valley (VLY/EGOV), Anglesey, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales |
Destination airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5 WA150, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 11/7/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/9/1952: Lost power & sank back on runway on overshoot at RAF Valley, Anglesey. WA150 belly landed, wheels up, and pilot survived.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 287
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985)
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2008 09:18 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jun-2008 12:04 |
JINX |
Updated |
08-Jun-2008 14:29 |
JINX |
Updated |
06-May-2013 12:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-May-2015 17:42 |
MiG17 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
22-Mar-2021 18:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Mar-2021 18:38 |
MiG17 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |