Date:	Monday 5 March 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	RAF College Cranwell
Registration:	XH297
MSN:	15615
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kneesall, 2 miles SE of Boughton, Nottinghamshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11, XH297: Notified as awaiting collection 11/11/55, delivered to the RAF 21/11/55. Sold (and short) operational service career was with the RAF College, Cranwell

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed and destroyed 5/3/56. The crew abandoned the aircraft over Newark, Nottinghamshire after the elevator controls failed. The aircraft dived into the ground at Kneesall, 2 miles south-east of Boughton, Nottinghamshire. Instructor and pupil pilot both ejected safely

Crew of Vampire T.11 XH297 were:
Squadron Leader Cyril Charles Povey, RAF (Service Number 173433, Instructor)
Flight Lieutenant Clive Patrick Francis, RAF (Service Number 607011, pupil pilot under training)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.178 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 40)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.183
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/328: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C42449
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2809: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578589
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XH
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
9. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
10. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
11. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?25349-Vampire-T11-Ejection-Seats
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneesall

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Mar-2013 21:49	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-Mar-2013 21:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Jan-2020 18:50	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
18-Jan-2020 20:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2020 20:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
12-Mar-2020 16:12	DG333	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
12-Jun-2020 22:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]