Date:	Friday 10 June 1960
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	8 FTS RAF
Registration:	XE883
MSN:	15425
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11, XE885 ["53"], 8 FTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) on 10/6/1960, when lost power on take off from RAF Swinderby and hit rising ground, one killed. The pilot was killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.202 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 25)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/431: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424552
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XE
5. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s-incident-logs
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945#1960s

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Mar-2013 06:47	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Mar-2019 19:56	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Nature]
10-Jan-2020 19:07	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
27-Jan-2020 19:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2020 19:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2020 22:39	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]