Date:	Thursday 21 April 1955
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1
Owner/operator:	249 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WR343
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	11 miles North East of Amman -   Jordan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Amman, Jordan
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.1 WR343, 249 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 21/4/55 when crashed eleven miles north-east of Amman, Jordan. Aircraft controls jammed in flight, pilot abandoned aircraft when it went into a dive, and control could not be restored, and bailed out successfully.

Formally Struck Off Charge 7/5/55 as CAT 5(s) with RAF MEAF (Middle East Air Force)

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, 1983 p 89)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/270: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424391
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2751: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578531
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
7. 249 Squadron RAF at Amman, Jordan 1955: https://249squadron.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/line-up.jpg
8. https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/535/raf-amman/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Jan-2020 00:30	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Jan-2020 00:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]