ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236629
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 October 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 CAACU RAF |
| Registration: | VZ352 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGTE) |
| RAF Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGTE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VZ352: Delivered 27/4/50. RAF Service career was with 213 Squadron, 3 CAACU (Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit) and 4 CAACU as "25"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/10/55: Force landed due to loss of engine power on approach to RAF Exeter, Exeter, Devon. Damaged aircraft recovered to 49 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire, where Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) in December 1955
Note that the serial VZ352 was allocated twice - once to the above De Havilland Vampire FB.5, and a second time to a Hawker Sea Fury T.Mk.20. Due to an administrative error, the serials VZ345 to VZ355 (12 aircraft) were allocated to a batch of 12 Vampire FB.Mk.5s AND to a batch of Hawker Sea Fury T.Mk.20s
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.175 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 104)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.164
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
5. Wreckage post crash #1: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1302868
6. Wreckage post crash #2: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1302866
7. Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VZ352: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1679503
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2020 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jun-2020 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 02-Jun-2020 07:29 | Boile A. | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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