ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153731
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Date: | Saturday 7 May 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 3 CAACU RAF |
Registration: | WA445 |
MSN: | EE/P/ |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Exeter Airport, Exeter, Devon, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGHE) |
Destination airport: | Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGTE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/5/1960: Landed back at Exeter Airport on completion of an Army Co-operative exercise, which consisted of shallow dives on gun positions at Weston Zoyland, Somerset. The ground crew informed the pilot that during the sortie a bird had entered the port air intake. The pilot was unaware of any bird strike taking place. The aircraft was not repaired
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm 2.
http://www.coldwarshield.co.uk/downloads/volume_two/ColdWarShieldVolumeTwoPage23.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Mar-2013 06:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
18-Mar-2014 20:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
10-Mar-2019 18:43 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 20:39 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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