Incident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 4 WR281,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154393
 
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Date:Monday 3 December 1956
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 4
Owner/operator:45 Sqn RAF
Registration: WR281
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Butterworth, Penang -   Malaysia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Butterworth, Malaya
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3.12.1956: Sank back onto the runway on take off from Butterworth, Malaya and overshot into a paddy field.

Not repaired: instead struck off charge 13/12/1956 as CAT 5(c) with FEAF (possibly at 389 MU Tengah, Singapore)

Sources:

www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Mar-2013 18:30 Dr. John Smith Added
10-Apr-2013 08:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
27-Jan-2020 21:49 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
27-Jan-2020 21:55 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]

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