ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232109
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| Date: | Thursday 28 July 1955 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | VV530 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1/2 mile north of Ruthin, Denbighshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV530: Delivered 31/12/48. RAF Service career was with 26 Squadron, 72 Squadron, 229 OCU, and 7 FTS RAF Valley, Angley
Written off (destroyed) 28/7/55 when crashed half a mile north of Ruthin, Denbighshire. Engine flamed out in flight on a night low-level NAVEX (navigation exercise) sortie, pilot lost control and aircraft dived into the ground. The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Pilot was killed (not clear if he managed to bail out before impact with the ground)
Crew of Vampire VV530:
Midshipman Brian Macey RN (Pilot, aged 19) - on assignment from HMS Goldcrest (RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire) - killed on active service 28/7/55
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.173 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-SZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 90)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.144
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/287: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424408
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2768: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578548
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
8. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1955.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthin
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2020 01:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Jan-2020 19:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-May-2020 23:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2020 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2020 08:22 | MIG21 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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