ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20157
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| Date: | Thursday 1 May 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | WA426 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trefor, Bodffordd, Ynys Môn, 3 miles ENE of Bryngwran, Anglesey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5, WA426, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 28/06/1951. Written off 1/5/1952 when engine failed in spin, and the aircraft crashlanded into a field near Trefor, Bodffordd, Ynys Môn, three miles East North-East of Bryngwran, Anglesey.
The pilot is believed to have survived with minor injuries
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.125 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.243
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trefor,_Bodffordd
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryngwran
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 03:03 | JINX | Added |
| 16-May-2015 17:34 | Xindel | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2020 15:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2021 23:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2021 00:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2021 00:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2021 09:58 | Xindel | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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