Date:	Wednesday 29 June 1955
Time:	night
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	4 FTS RAF
Registration:	WZ566
MSN:	15125
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bishopton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Darlington, County Durham
Destination airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 WZ566: Delivered 5/5/53. RAF Service was with 208 AFS (Advanced Flying School) coded "31", 7 FTS RAF Valley, and 4 FTS RAF Middleton St. George

Written off 29/6/55: crashed and destroyed when dived into the ground at night, at Bishopton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, during high level controlled descent, returning to RAF Middleton St. George. Pilot killed.

Crew of Vampire T.11 WZ566:
Pilot Officer William Charles Bevis Jenkins RAF (Pilot, aged 22) - killed on active service 29/6/55

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 95)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.109
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2762: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578542?descriptiontype=Full
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 233/281: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424402
6. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/Mil1955.htm
7. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
10. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2013 14:09	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Jan-2014 16:38	Bob Matthews	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative]
10-Jan-2020 11:30	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
22-May-2020 20:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-May-2020 20:43	MIG29	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]