Date:	Thursday 12 June 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.113 Vampire NF Mk 10
Owner/operator:	25 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WM673
MSN:	13046
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.113 Vampire NF.Mk 10 WM673, 25 Squadron RAF: delivered 24/3/1952. Written off 12/6/1952 in a mid-air collision at low level near RAF West Malling. The port wing of the DH Vampire struck and severed the starboard wing of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Airspeed Oxford PH143 ("603" of the Admiralty Flight, Rochester, Kent) which dived into ground at Gallants Farm, East Farleigh, near Maidstone, Kent; the Vampire belly-landed at RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent

Two crew were killed (one in each aircraft) - Flying Officer (154150) David Reid-Johnstone, RAF in Vampire WM673, and Lieutenant Kenneth G Nicholson, RN in Oxford PH143.

Struck Off Charge 15.6.52 as Cat.5(c) and allocated for fire fighting rescue training at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.257
3. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard, Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.23)
4. The Oxford Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.189)
5. 25 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 30/11/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2604/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8423845
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM
6. http://www.25squadron.org.uk/VampireYears.htm
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH113%20prodn%20list.txt
8. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1952.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Mar-2021 14:34	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Mar-2021 17:11	Zoule	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]