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Date: | Friday 23 April 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WZ563 |
MSN: | 15122 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, 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 WZ563: Delivered 23/4/53, RAF service was with 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) only.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/4/1954, exactly one year to the day after delivery: undercarriage jammed on approach, and aircraft belly landed at RAF Valley. Damage sustained deemed to be "beyond economic repair", and WZ563 was 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.158 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 109)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.52
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ 5.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh115.pdf 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2013 14:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-May-2015 12:33 |
Emil Robot |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 11:00 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Operator] |
08-Apr-2020 16:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
08-Apr-2020 20:46 |
Investig |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |