Date:	Wednesday 10 April 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	XH319
MSN:	15693
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
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.Mk 11 XH319: Delivered 28/2/1956. Sole operational RAF service career was with 7 FTS

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/4/1957: struck two seagulls at 500 feet causing severe damage to the starboard mainplane and air intakes. Both crew - Lieutenant J Rees (RN) and Lieutenant H. Bond (RN) - stayed with the aircraft (did not eject) and were OK

XH319 returned to RAF Valley, Anglesey, and made an emergency landing, but was not repaired. Struck off charge and broken up for spares and produce

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 40)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.240
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Mar-2013 22:17	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Mar-2019 11:37	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Nature]
10-Jan-2020 18:56	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
30-Jul-2020 22:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
31-Jul-2020 08:02	Angel Dick one	Updated [Operator, Operator]