Date:	Friday 14 October 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	4 FTS RAF
Registration:	XE865
MSN:	15399
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3.5 miles WSW of RAF Middleton St.George, County Durham. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Darlington, County Durham
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 XE865: Delivered 21/9/54. RAF operational service career was with 4 FTS, RAF Middleton St. George only

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14/10/55: The aircraft made a forced belly landing 3.5 miles West-South-West of RAF Middleton St.George, County Durham due to engine failure shortly after take off. Both crew were uninjured.

Crew of Vampire T.11 XE865:
Squadron Leader C S Chambers (QFI Instructor Pilot)
Pilot Officer B J Windsor (Pupil Pilot under Instruction, Service Number 2620209)

Pilot Officer B J Windsor, continued to serve in the RAF, rising to the rank of Flight Lieutenant, and retired from the RAF at his own request on 30/9/64.

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3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.161
4. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/Mil1955.htm
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2020 17:22	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-May-2020 08:17	Boile A.	Updated [Operator, Operator]