ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153635
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| Date: | Friday 12 November 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | 736 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | XA124 |
| MSN: | 15222 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | HMS Fulmar /RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | HMS Fulmar /RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
| HMS Peregrine /RNAS Ford, Arundel, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 XA124; Notified as awaiting collection 31/10/53, delivered 16/11/53. Known RN FAA (Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm) service was with 759 Squadron (as "215-LM) from from 31/1/54 then with 736 Squadron, coded "237-LM" from 12/10/54
The pilot killed on 12/11/1954 when the aircraft failed to get airborne during take off from HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire, due to engine failure, and XA124 crashed, force landing on a mud bank and then sliding into two stone walls. The board of inquiry into the accident later discovered that the aircraft's elevator trim was positioned fully forward, and therefore presumed that the pilot delayed abandoning the aircraft during the take off run until it was too late to leave the aircraft safely. Aircraft wreckage placed on the fire dump at Lossiemouth
Crew of Vampire XA124:
Lieutenant Colin Stanley Charles Edward Hook (Pilot, aged 29, HMS Peregrine, Royal Naval Air Station at Ford, Arundel, Sussex) - killed on active service 12/11/54, Buried in the CWGC section of the churchyard of St. Mary at Clymping, Sussex.
It should also be noted that his gravestone has "HMS Fulmar" engraved on it (see link #8). In addition, his will and probate reads "Probate. Otherwise Colin Stanley, otherwise Colin. Of 46 St Marks Rd, Mitcham, Surrey. Died 12.11.1954 at Royal Naval Air Station, Lossiemouth. Admin to Stanley Charles Edward Hook [father], grocer. Effects £3,430".
Sources:
1. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm
3. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1954.htm
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/xchbook/XCH030817.pdf
7. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=13140.0
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63485936/colin-stanley_charles_edward-hook .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2013 15:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Mar-2013 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-May-2013 08:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2020 11:15 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 28-Apr-2020 17:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2020 17:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2020 17:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2020 19:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2023 09:39 | Nepa | Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]] |
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