Date:	Thursday 7 July 1960
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	5 FTS RAF
Registration:	XD549
MSN:	15517
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 miles SW of RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
On 7/7/1960, DH Vampire T.11 XD549 ["AO"] of 8 FTS and Vickers Varsity WJ914 of 1 Radio School collided at approximately 1,500 feet, and crashed five miles south west Oakington, Cambridgeshire.

The Vampire had just taken off from Oakington on an instructional flight with Pilot Officer Jarvis J Ball at the controls together with his instructor. This aircraft had amber screens with P/O Ball wearing blue goggles. The Vampire made a climbing turn to the left and came up beneath the port wing of the Varsity whos pilot was seemingly unaware of its approach. The starboard wing of the Vampire prevented the instructor from seeing the Varsity. The Vampire sheared the port wing off and turned onto its back in a half roll to the left.

The six crew of the Varsity and the two crew of the Vampire were all killed. Crew of the Vampire T.11 were Flying Officer A. J. Lakerman (instructor) and Pilot Officer J. J. Ball (pupil)

XD549 was officially struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) on 11/7/1960

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2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 16)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/436: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424557
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/39/S2982: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578762
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
6. http://www.ldhs.org/airfield-history-oakington-raf/raf-oakington-2/raf-oakington-burials-in-longstanton/
7. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/356659-bill-jackson-varsity-vampire-collision-ww2.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Historical_anniversaries/July_in_aviation/July_7
9. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/232844-varsity.html
10. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-648-varsity-t1-raf-oakington-6-killed
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12. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Mar-2013 16:00	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-Mar-2013 16:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
14-Mar-2019 19:57	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Nature]
10-Jan-2020 19:09	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Operator]
27-Jan-2020 18:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2020 22:40	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Jul-2023 22:06	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]