ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14968
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| Date: | Monday 28 December 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WA167 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 miles south of Soltau -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Jever (G) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed in a Category 5 flying accident on 28.12.1953: aircraft dived into a wood out of cloud 8 miles south of Soltau, West Germany. Pilot killed
Pilot: May have been Flying Officer Derek Stacey RAF (killed in active service on this date, and whose funeral was held in Hamburg Sat 2.1.54). From the squadron diary for this period: "Brian Watson came to 4 Squadron with another Cranwell graduate, Derek Stacey, who was only with us a few short weeks when he crashed into a wood, believed to be flying his Vampire under a Cumulo-Nimbus sky whilst on a low level cross-country"
Sources:
http://www.rafjever.org/4squadaircraft.htm#WA167
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2008 09:55 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Jun-2008 14:41 | JINX | Updated |
| 05-Mar-2013 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 14:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2020 22:03 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2021 10:08 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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