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Date: | Tuesday 19 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | FWS RAF |
Registration: | WK433 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 WK433: Delivered 21/12/54. RAF service career was with the CGS (Central Gunnery School) and the FWS (Fighter Weapons School) both based at RAF Leconfield
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19/4/55: While the aircraft was landing at RAF Leconfield, the pilot retracted the undercarriage in error for air brakes on approach. The Venom then bellylanded, slid along the runway at Leconfield, and caught fire. The airframe was burnt out, but the pilot escaped with minor injuries.
Fire-damaged remains were Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(s) on 19/4/55 by 60 MU RAF Rufforth, North Yorkshire
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.66)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.129
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2008 07:22 |
JINX |
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28-May-2015 15:29 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
11-May-2020 21:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-May-2020 08:29 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |