Date:	Monday 24 November 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	VZ863
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	One mile north of RAF Mona, Bodffordd, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5 WA150, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 11/7/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/9/1952: the pilot lost control of the aircraft during an aerobatics training sortie from RAF Valley, Anglesey, and the Vampire went into a spin, from which it could not be recovered.

The pilot bailed out safely, and parachuted to earth. The Vampire dived into the ground One mile north of RAF Mona, Bodffordd, Anglesey

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 137 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 312
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985)
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Mar-2021 16:32	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Mar-2021 20:27	MiG17	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]