Date:	Friday 15 July 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	WA337
MSN:	EEP/42198
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 WA337: Delivered 27/2/51. RAF Service career was with 98 Squadron from 3/51, 112 Squadron, RAF Jever coded "T-G" later "A-K" from 4/6/51. To 19 MU RAF St. Athan 29/12/53. To CGS (Central Gunnery School) RAF Leconfield 1/54, and 7 FTS RAF Valley in 1955

Written off (destroyed) 15/7/55 - Wing hit ground after take-off, nose wheel and undercarriage leg torn off. Pilot survived with injuries. Aircraft deemed "beyond economic repair", so not repaired, and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) in July 1955.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.172 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 9)
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
5. http://www.rafjever.org/112squadaircraft.htm
6. Vampire WA337 at RAF Jever 1952: http://www.rafjever.org/112sqnpic006.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-May-2008 15:43	JINX	Added
18-May-2015 18:00	MiG21	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport]
10-Jan-2020 11:28	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
25-Jan-2020 23:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
23-May-2020 22:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
24-May-2020 08:20	MIG29	Updated [Operator, Operator]