Date:	Thursday 2 February 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	WG803
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Irish Sea, off Cemaes Bay, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 WG803: Delivered 21/9/51. RAF Service career was with 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) and 7 FTS RAF Valley, Anglesey.

Written off 2/2/1956: Crashed into the sea off Cemaes Bay, Anglesey during aerobatic practice. The aircraft took off from RAF Valley, Anglesey for a planned aerobatic training sortie of 40 minutes duration. The aircraft failed to return, as it was never seen or heard from again. It is therefore presumed (but never confirmed) that the pilot lost control of the aircraft in adverse weather conditions while performing aerobatics. One theory is that it failed to recover from a spin or a loop, and flew into the sea. Pilot did not eject and was killed.

Crew of Vampire WG803:
Sub Lieutenant (Air) Michael Herbert BURNS, RN FAA (pilot,aged 21) - killed on active service 2/2/56, body not found/not recovered. Pilot was officially attached to HMS Goldcrest (RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 46)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.177
4. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515689/details/de-havilland-vampire-fb5-wg803
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG
9. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemaes

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jun-2008 15:04	JINX	Added
13-Mar-2013 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Dec-2018 21:03	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 21:57	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator]
11-Jun-2020 21:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2020 08:32	MIG29	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]