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Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WZ499 |
MSN: | 15075 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales |
Destination airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.11 WZ499: Built by DH Christchurch. Delivered 13/2/53. RAF service was with 233 OCU (RAF Pembrey) and 202 AFS (RAF Valley Anglesey)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27/4/1954: belly landed at RAF Valley, Anglesey when undercarriage jammed on approach. Aircraft deemed to be "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat.5(c)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 12)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.47
4.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh115.pdf 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/xchbook/XCH030817.pdf. Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2013 12:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Nov-2019 18:22 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
09-Jan-2020 22:32 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Operator] |
08-Apr-2020 17:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
08-Apr-2020 20:48 |
Investig |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |