ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154701
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| Date: | Thursday 17 January 1957 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 89 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WX921 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall, Suffolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3 WX921: Delivered 5/12/1955. Operational Service career was with the RAF Stradishall Station flight and then 89 Squadron.
Written off 17/1/1957: Burnt out after the undercarriage collapsed, and a wheel hit a concrete block on landing at Stradishall, Suffolk. A tip tank caught the ground causing a fire. Both crew uninjured. Pilot was Group Captain D.G.Lyster, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. (Service Number 43149) although the name of the navigator on board is not known
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 107)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.230
4. 89 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1956 to 30/4/1958: File AIR 27/2801/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8431018
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
6. https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/89/
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2013 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Apr-2013 08:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 20-Jul-2017 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 17-Jul-2020 22:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2020 22:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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