Date:	Thursday 14 February 1957
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1
Owner/operator:	FWS RAF
Registration:	WE408
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.1 WE408: Delivered 15/9/1953. RAF Service career was with 118 Squadron, RAF Jever, West Germany coded "A-P" from 29/10/1953 until sustained a Cat.4(R) damaged in an accident at Jever 10/8/1954. To 19 MU RAF St, Athan for repairs, then issued to the FWS (Fighter Weapons School) at RAF Leconfield

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14/2/1957: Seriously damaged by a ricochet from the aircraft's own cannons when involved in a air-to-ground gunnery firing sortie at the Crowden Ranges in East Yorkshire. Damaged aircraft managed to make its way back to RAF Leconfield, but, after damage inspection, was struck off charge shortly after its return to base. No injuries reported to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.187 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 33)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.233
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
7. http://www.rafjever.org/118squadaircraft.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Jul-2020 19:35	Dr. John Smith	Added
29-Jul-2020 19:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
30-Jul-2020 07:44	Yarbi	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]