ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20130
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| Date: | Friday 16 July 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WA307 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Mona, Bodffordd, Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mona, Bodffordd, Anglesey (EGOQ) |
| RAF Mona, Anglesey (EGOQ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WA307: Delivered 19/2/51. RAF service was with 102 AFS, 202 AFS and 7 FTS.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/7/54: The aircraft was being operated on a staff continuation and aerobatics sortie when the pilot attempted a slow roll at between 200 and 300 feet. During the latter part of the roll, the nose of the aircraft dropped, the aircraft then side slipped and yawed, then dived into the ground. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Vampire WA307
Flying Officer Henryk BIENIEK (Service Number 780938, pilot, aged 32) - killed on active service
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.1660 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.8)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.73
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12965-Few-more-crashes
6. http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/302/302_pilotlist.html
7. FOI Request into the incident 24/9/2012: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/314560/ReqAug2012.csv/preview
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 15:34 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Jun-2008 14:42 | JINX | Updated |
| 18-May-2015 17:50 | MiG21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2020 09:17 | Allach | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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