Date:	Monday 6 August 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1
Owner/operator:	45 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WR304
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Butterworth -   Malaysia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Butterworth, Malaya
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
6 August 1956: De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk.1 WR304 of 45 Squadron, RAF Butterworth. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft’s wing tip struck the ground, and the pilot, Flying Officer David Proctor, was unable to prevent the aircraft skidding across the airfield. The aircraft sustained serious damage and was written off as Cat.5 "damaged beyond economic repair"

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.181 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 89)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.raf-butterworth-penang-association.org.uk/newsletter/backnumbers/Issue_23_Spring_2009.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jan-2020 17:40	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-Jan-2020 17:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
22-Jan-2020 23:01	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]