ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153855
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| Date: | Monday 21 May 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | VF336 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Druridge Bay Beach 4 miles East of RAF Acklington, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Acklington, Northumberland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F. Mk 3 VF336, 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAF: delivered 16/6/1947. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when ran out of fuel in bad weather and belly landed on the beach at Druridge Bay, 4 miles east of RAF Acklington, Northumberland on 21/5/51
Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I): to grounded instructional airframe 6869M at RAF North Luffenham in June 1951. Then to firefighting/crash rescue training at RAF Full Sutton Fire School 2/7/1951. Finally scrapped 17/3/1953.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.114 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.139
4. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2686 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505324
5. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
7. http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/614-sqn-aircraft.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._614_Squadron_RAF#Post_war
9. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2013 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Apr-2013 19:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport] |
| 08-Jan-2020 21:53 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2021 21:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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