ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122343
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| Date: | Monday 3 February 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk F.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 736 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WF253 |
| MSN: | AWA. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Sea Hawk F.MK.1 WF253: Built by Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft at Baginton, Coventry, and first flown there 19/1/1954. Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) at HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton AHU 3/3/1954. First issued for service to 802 Squadron FAA RN at HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth 26/5/1954. (No code number known).
Withdrawn from service to HMS Sanderling, RNAS Abbotsinch AHU 29/11/1954. Returned to HMS Fulmar RNAS Lossiemouth for short term storage 26/5/1955. Next issued for service to 738 Squadron FAA RN at Lossiemouth coded "123/LM" later "103/LM" on 8/6/1955
Damaged 13/12/1955 when starboard undercarriage oleo leg would not lower on test flight, and aircraft belly landed at RNAS Lossiemouth. Pilot Lieutenant J.A.Neilson uninjured. To RNAY Fleetlands for inspection and repair 27/1/1956. Upon completion of repairs, returned to RNAS Lossiemouth 25/2/1957. Next in service with 738 Squadron FAA RN at RNAS Lossiemouth from 5/3/1957 as "635/LM". Transferred 13/3/1957 to 736 Squadron FAA RN at RNAS Lossiemouth as "606/LM".
Written off (destroyed) 3/2/1958 when stalled just short of the runway at RAF Valley, Anglesey while on approach and crashed killing the pilot. On completion of a cross country navigation exercise (RNAS Lossiemouth to RAF Valley), aircraft appeared to stall from 100 feet in a tight turn on final approach. Aircraft hit the ground about 500 yards short of the runway at RAF Valley, bounced, and fuselage broke in two on second impact with the ground.
Crew of Sea Hawk WF253:
Sub-Lieutenant Elemer L Veres, SAAF (pilot, on attachment to HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth) - killed on active service 3/2/1958.
Pilot was a South African, on an exchange posting to HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth. Wreckage of Sea Hawk WF253 to HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire for accident investigation. Then to RNAY Fleetlands 19/6/1958 for disposal. Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat5(s) and scrapped 26/2/1958.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.420)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
3. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2011 03:35 | TB | Added |
| 29-Oct-2019 13:16 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:25 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Jan-2020 07:52 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:04 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2020 21:28 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2020 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2020 07:34 | Angel Dick one | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2020 20:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2020 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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