Date:	Tuesday 22 July 1947
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk I
Owner/operator:	595 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VF302
MSN:	EEP/40142
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 22nd July 1947 Vampire F.1 VF302 of 595 Sqn suffered an engine failure on take-off from RAF Pembrey when the impeller broke up. The aircraft crashed straight ahead into sand dunes, turned over and was destroyed by fire. The pilot was killed.

Crew:
Flying Officer (203460) Geoffrey ROBINSON (pilot, aged 23) RAFVR - killed on active service 22-7-47, buried at Cottingley Hall Cemetery, Leeds, West Yorkshire

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.323
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 595 Squadron RAF ORB 1-4-1947 to 31-1-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2056/7: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8415210
5. http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/events-for-22nd-july.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2408387/geoffrey-robinson/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._595_Squadron_RAF
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembrey_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Mar-2013 18:49	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Apr-2013 17:27	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
08-May-2019 16:35	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
08-Jan-2020 20:57	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]