Date:	Wednesday 2 June 1948
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3
Owner/operator:	247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	TG291
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Odiham, Hook, Alton, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
DeHavilland Vampire TG291, 247 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2-6-48 when crashed on takeoff from RAF Odiham, Hook, Alton, Hampshire.

During the take-off run, the engine fuel pumps of Vampire TG291 seized, and the engine flamed out due to fuel starvation. As the aircraft was above the runway at a very low level, the pilot opted to retract the undercarriage, and make a wheels-up landing straight ahead, just beyond the runway, but within the boundaries of the airfield.

The pilot survived unharmed, but Vampire TG291 was deemed a write off (Cat. E2) and struck off charge.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.400
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 247 Sqdn RAF for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2482: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505120
5. https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._247_Squadron_RAF#Post_war
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Odiham#Fighter_role

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Apr-2023 18:31	Dr. John Smith	Added