Incident de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 XD521,
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Date:Tuesday 21 August 1956
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:5 FTS RAF
Registration: XD521
MSN: 15355
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Graveley, Huntingdonshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 XD521: delivered 6/4/1954. RAF Service career was with 206 AFS (Advanced Flying School) and 5 FTS RAF Oakington.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/8/56: Undershot the runway on approach to RAF Oakington, and aircraft hit a hedge at Graveley, Huntingdonshire after the engine failed to respond during an overshoot.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.207
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveley,_Cambridgeshire

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jun-2020 21:20 Dr. John Smith Added
25-Jun-2020 13:39 Allach Updated [Operator, Operator]

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