Date:	Tuesday 16 March 1954
Time:	night
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 2
Owner/operator:	23 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WL830
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, off Waxham, 12 miles from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.2 WL830: Delivered 22/7/53. RAF Service was with 23 Squadron (only)

Written off (destroyed) 16/3/54: Crashed into the North Sea, off Waxham, 12 miles from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. Shortly after take off from RAF Coltishall, Venom WL830 crashed into the sea, but the cause was never determined. Both crew were killed

Crew of Venom WL830
Flight Sergeant Paul Brown Jackson RAF (pilot, aged 23)
Flight Sergeant Harry Drabble RAF (navigator, aged 25)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 76)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.43
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxham

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Apr-2020 20:37	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-Apr-2020 09:19	INV	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]