ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248947
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| Date: | Thursday 21 August 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | VZ189 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 VZ189, 229 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit), RAF: delivered 14/11/1949. Written off 21/8/1952. The aircraft was making a long and slow approach to land at RAF Chivenor, when it lost air speed, stalled and dived into the ground. The reason for the loss of airspeed was never deeterimined by the RAF Board of Inquiry. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Vampire VZ189:
Acting Pilot Officer (583195) Kevin Anthony HENDRICK (pilot) RAF - killed in service 21/8/1952
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 283
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 229 OCU ORB (Operation Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2167 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101877
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39376/supplement/5779/data.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2021 00:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Mar-2021 09:27 | Quenten74 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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