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Date: | Sunday 5 March 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VF271 |
MSN: | EEP/40127 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG) |
Destination airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.Mk.3 VF271: Notified as awaiting collection 22.8.46, delivered 26.8.46: issued to 3 Squadron, RAF Germany, later to 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, RAF.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overshot the runway landing in bad visibility and adverse weather conditions at Filton, near Bristol, Gloucestershire on 5.3.50. Aircraft written off, and struck off charge; as far as is known, the pilot survived with minor injuries.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 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.36
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Mar-2013 21:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Apr-2013 07:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
08-Jan-2020 21:23 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
15-Dec-2020 13:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Dec-2020 13:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source] |