Date:	Thursday 28 August 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	WG827
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WG827, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 1/10/1951. Written off 28/8/1952 when overshot during a flapless landing, ran off the end of the runway, and the undercarriage was damaged.

Not repaired, Struck Off Charge 12/12/1952 as Cat.5(s) and scrapped. The pilot was not injured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 285
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
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=WG
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jun-2008 15:08	JINX	Added
16-May-2015 17:41	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
21-Mar-2021 19:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
21-Mar-2021 22:33	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]