ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154351
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WX881 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 miles south-west of RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk (EGYC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.Mk.3 WX881: Delivered 7/10/55. Sole RAF service career as "F" of 23 Squadron, RAF
Written off 5/6/1956: Crash-landed into fields after the engine cut on take off from Coltishall, Norfolk. Aircraft came down 3 miles south west of RAF Coltishall, and broke apart on impact.
Both crew - USAF Exchange Pilots - survived
Crew of Venom WX881:
Capt. (O.814651) Marvin Hubert CASTLEBERRY (Pilot) USAF- survived injured
Capt. (O.????) J.F WHITE (Pilot/Nav.) USAF- survived injured
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 107)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.197
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/273: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424394
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2825: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578605
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX
7. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
8. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2013 08:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Apr-2013 07:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 17-Jan-2020 02:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Jan-2020 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2020 00:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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