Date:	Friday 27 January 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	236 OCU RAF
Registration:	VZ286
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Kinloss nr Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north east of Scotla -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Kinloss, Moray Firth
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 VZ286: delivered 28/02/1950. RAF Service career was with 72 Squadron, FWS (Fighter Weapons School, RAF Leconfield), CGS (Central Gunnery School, RAF Leconfield), CCGS and 236 OCU

Substantially damaged after a bird strike on approach to RAF Kinloss, Morayshire on 27/01/1956. Declared a write off after landing, and formally Struck off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 08/03/1956. There appears to be photographic evidence (see link 4) that the burnt out remains were still present on the fire dump at RAF Kinloss in October 1966. However, other sources state that it is the mortal remains of Venom NF3 WX794 "D" of 151 Squadron.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 102)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.177
4. Burnt out dumped wreckage of Vampire VZ286 RAF Kinloss October 1966: http://www.clourie.co.uk/aircraft/page9/files/page9-1003-full.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
7. https://www.lgl.com/images/pdf/Richardson_1996_BSCE-London.pdf
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
9. http://www.aviationbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70509&d=1412426888

De Havilland Vampire FB.Mk.5 VZ286 as "FJWZ" of the CGS (Central Gunnery School) RAF Leconfield c. 1953

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Mar-2013 22:41	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Nov-2018 20:05	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 20:37	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Destination airport, Operator]
10-Jun-2020 22:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
10-Jun-2020 22:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
11-Jun-2020 07:58	MIG21	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]