Date:	Wednesday 12 October 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	4 FTS RAF
Registration:	VV556
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Blackhall, County Durham -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 VV556: Delivered 18/1/59. RAF Service career was with 72 Squadron, 208 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF Merryfield, Somerset, 9 FTS, and 4 FTS RAF Middleton St. George

Crashed and destroyed 12/10/55 when failed to recover from a spin, aircraft abandoned, and aircraft dived into the ground near Blackhall, County Durham. Pilot bailed out and parachuted to earth safely.

Crew of Vampire VV556:
Pilot Officer T G R Osborn RAF (pilot)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.175 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 91)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.161
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV
5. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
6. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackhall_Colliery
9. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/Mil1955.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2013 15:34	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Mar-2013 15:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Jan-2020 20:35	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
29-May-2020 16:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2020 08:18	Boile A.	Updated [Operator, Operator]