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Date: | Monday 21 August 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | TG441 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
Destination airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F. Mk 1 TG441, 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off from RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England 21.8.50. Aircraft stalled on take off, and crash landed into the overshoot area. No reported injuries to the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.75
4. 501 (County of Gloster) Squadron RAF ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1-7-1946 to 31-3-1957: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2495 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505133 5.
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt ..
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Mar-2013 13:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Apr-2013 14:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
08-Jan-2020 21:33 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
28-Dec-2020 23:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Dec-2020 23:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
28-Dec-2020 23:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |