Date:	Wednesday 7 December 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	33 MU RAF
Registration:	VZ194
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Lockeridge, 3 miles SW of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire
Destination airport:	RAF Lyneham
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland Vampire VZ194: Written off (destroyed) when crashed 7 December 1949 at Lockeridge, 3 miles south-west of Marlborough, Wiltshire. Pilot killed.

The aircraft had taken off from RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire for a post modification test flight. It had made three normal approaches to RAF Lyneham, but then flew into high ground in conditions of poor visibility. Although not positively determined, the official Air Ministry/RAF Board of Inquiry concluded that the pilot may have got into difficulty with his instrument flying or that the aircraft's gyros had toppled.

Crew of Vampire VZ194:
W/Cdr Cecil Gordon Scott Rowan-Robinson DSO DFC (pilot) RAF- killed on active service 7/12/1949.

The reported crash location of Lockeridge is a village in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the edge of the West Woods in the Kennet Valley, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Marlborough, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) east of Avebury and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) south of Swindon, at approximate co-ordinates 51.409°N 1.789°W.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.96. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 101)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p 561
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/30/W2473: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578319
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Dec-2019 15:22	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Dec-2019 17:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
08-Jan-2020 21:24	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
30-May-2023 18:28	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]]