ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14941
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| Date: | Monday 3 December 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WA110 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Epe, near RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh (ETUO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Abandoned in bad weather on RP exercise. Collided with Vampire FB.5 WA168 (also of 71 (Eagle) Squadron))and crashed near Gütersloh: the pilots of both machines had to leave the Jets in bad weather, as the GCA did not work (aircraft were returning from a rocket attack in the Norfhorn Ranges)
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
http://web.archive.org/web/20171027114502/http://sg-etuo.de:80/Main/EDUOCrashs
http://www.panoravia.nl/rubriek/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14407&sid=acd66aaeae1652abb364b9eb03b0cb93
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2008 07:57 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Jan-2012 13:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase] |
| 11-Mar-2013 13:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 19:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 05-Nov-2019 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2020 12:53 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 11:45 | stehlik49 | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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