ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153861
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| Date: | Sunday 7 October 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | RNAS Stretton SF FAA RN |
| Registration: | XA168 |
| MSN: | 15510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Willington Lane, Willington, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Cheshire |
| HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Cheshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 22 XA168: Built by De Havilland Aircraft at Christchurch. Issued to Flight Refuelling Ltd., Tarrant Rushton, Dorset 22/7/1954 for modifications. Notified as awaiting collection 29/7/1954. Delivered to the RN FAA at HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton AHU 16/8/1954 for long term storage.
First issued for service to the RNAS Stretton Station Flight (as "901/ST" later "940/ST") 17/8/1955, after one complete year of storage. On 25/4/1956, the Voltage Regulator burnt out and caught fire in flight, resulting in smoke in the cockpit and fire damage to the aircraft's bulkhead. Repairs on site by Contractor's Working Party from De Havillands from 25/4/1956 to 2/8/1956.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/10/1956: During a post modification/repair test flight, aircraft came out of cloud, dived into ground, and caught fire on impact at Willington, Cheshire. Pilot - Lieutenant Commander Henry George Tanner (1831 Squadron, RNVR, aged 33) - was killed. Aircraft struck off charge as Cat.ZZ 7/10/1956
Lieutenant Commander Tanner is buried in Appleton Thorn graveyard, near to the site of RNAS Blackcap (Stretton) where he took off from. The crash site is located at the base of a hill on a sharp bend on Willington Lane on the approach to Willington Hall, just to the right of a pair of semi-detached cottages.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant et al, Air Britain, 2004 p 121)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
5. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm
6. http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1956.htm
7. http://aircrewremembered.com/tanner-henry-george.html
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152549919/henry-george-tanner
9. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2013 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Mar-2013 16:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2013 01:36 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-May-2013 18:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Sep-2018 17:19 | Rorkesdrift | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2018 17:19 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Oct-2018 09:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 10:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2020 22:04 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Jul-2020 21:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2020 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Jul-2020 20:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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