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Date: | Friday 7 September 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WX856 |
MSN: | 12830 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Destination airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGDL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 WX856: Delivered 19/7/1955. RAF Service career was with 151 Squadron, RAF Leuchars only.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/9/1956: Belly landed and caught fire at Leuchars, Fife after the undercarriage jammed on approach. Aircraft destroyed by the ensuing fire, but both crew escaped.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 103)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.211
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF#After_World_War_II Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Apr-2013 16:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
09-Apr-2013 07:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
08-Oct-2018 18:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
17-Jan-2020 01:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
09-Jul-2020 19:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Jul-2020 19:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |