Date:	Tuesday 27 April 1954
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	WZ499
MSN:	15075
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales
Destination airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 WZ499: Built by DH Christchurch. Delivered 13/2/53. RAF service was with 233 OCU (RAF Pembrey) and 202 AFS (RAF Valley Anglesey)

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27/4/1954: belly landed at RAF Valley, Anglesey when undercarriage jammed on approach. Aircraft deemed to be "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat.5(c)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 12)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.47
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh115.pdf
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/xchbook/XCH030817.pdf.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2013 12:30	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Nov-2019 18:22	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
09-Jan-2020 22:32	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Operator]
08-Apr-2020 17:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
08-Apr-2020 20:48	Investig	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]