Date:	Friday 26 November 1954
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	5 FTS RAF
Registration:	XD517
MSN:	15351
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1.5 miles NW of Winfarthing, near Diss, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 XD517, 5 FTS RAF Oakington: Crashed and destroyed 26/11/1954: the pilot lost control during aerobatics. He regained control but the fire warning light came on. He abandoned the aircraft and it crashed one and a half miles north west of Winfarthing, Norfolk. Pilot landed safely by parachute and was uninjured

The reported crash location of Winfarthing is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located 6 km north of the town of Diss, 20 km east of the town of Thetford, and 30 km south of the city of Norwich, at approximate co ordinates 52.42862°N 1.09919°E

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001, p.16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.104
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/250: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424371
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
9. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Mar-2013 16:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Mar-2013 11:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Mar-2013 11:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Dec-2018 20:57	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 11:18	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 22:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Jan-2020 22:23	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
28-Apr-2020 20:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source]
28-Apr-2020 21:43	MIG21	Updated [Operator, Operator]