Accident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WA130,
ASN logo
ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14950
 
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.

Date:Friday 6 June 1952
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:71 (Eagle) Sqn RAF
Registration: WA130
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 miles north of Mönchengladbach -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Gutersloh (G)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off 6/6/1952: Spun into ground off steep turn during dummy attack on two other Vampires and crashed three miles north of Mönchengladbach, West Germany.

Flying Officer Albert Charles Hargraves was killed.
R.I.P.

Sources:

www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
RAFWeb.Org

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2008 08:41 JINX Added
17-Aug-2011 06:01 Uli Elch Updated [Location]
16-Jan-2012 13:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase]
11-Mar-2013 20:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Jan-2020 15:25 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator]
10-Mar-2021 09:58 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]
10-Apr-2021 09:01 angels one five Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative]

Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description

The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:

CONNECT WITH US: FSF on social media FSF Facebook FSF Twitter FSF Youtube FSF LinkedIn FSF Instagram

©2024 Flight Safety Foundation

1920 Ballenger Av, 4th Fl.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.FlightSafety.org