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Date: | Thursday 31 May 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.21 |
Owner/operator: | 890 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | WW224 |
MSN: | 12746 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea off HMS Bulwark, near Malta -
Malta
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Bulwark, off Malta |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed and destroyed 31/5/1956: During deck landing trials on HMS Bulwark, Sea Venom FAW.21 WW224 '355/O' of 890 NAS sustained a catapult launch failure climbed steeply after launch, the wing dropped, the aircraft turned to starboard and struck the sea inverted. Both crew - JOHNSON, Eric L, Lieutenant (pilot) and NICHOLS, Gerald M, Lieutenant (navigator) - were killed.
HMS Bulwark was in the Western Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Malta at the time of the crash, at approximate coordinates 50'16" North, 0'56" West
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p,187)
2. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
3.
http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1956.htm 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://www.bulwarkassoc.co.uk/eastleigh/ships/bulwark.htm 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WW .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Mar-2013 19:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
08-May-2013 18:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
14-Jul-2020 20:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Aug-2020 23:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
28-Aug-2020 23:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |