Date:	Friday 31 May 1957
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 4
Owner/operator:	5 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WR466
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wunsdorf, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wunstorf, Germany (ETNW)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.4 WR466, 5 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31 May 1957 when stalled on take off from RAF Wunsdorf, West Germany. The aircraft was the number two in a pair, for a paired take off from RAF Wunsdorf, Lower Saxony, West Germany. The take off and climb to 200 feet were normal. Venom WR466 then dropped the nose and port wing, and flew into the ground 300 yards beyond the end of the runway

The cause of the accident was attributed to a stall fallowing engine failure on take off. The fuel pump isolating switch was in the "OFF" position, and this could cause the engine to flame out if one of the two pumps failed. The Standard Operating Procedures, however, did not make it clear whether the pump switch should be set to "ON" before take off. The pilot was killed.

Crew of Venom WR466:
Flying Officer David Ramsey Anderson (pilot, aged 21) - killed on active service 31/5/1957

Wreckage recovered to RAF Wunsdorf: Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 3 June 1957

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.191 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 29)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.250
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) AVIA 5/37/S2879: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578659
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunstorf_Air_Base#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Dec-2020 00:28	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-Dec-2020 15:36	Fanda	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]