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Date: | Monday 21 January 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WX794 |
MSN: | 12660 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Destination airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGDL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 WX794: Delivered 19/4/1955. Sole operation service career was with 151 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21//1/1957: skidded off the runway while taxiing at Leuchars, Fife causing the undercarriage to collapse. No reports of any injuries to the two crew
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 103)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.230
4. 151 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1962: File AIR 27/2823/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8442448 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF#After_World_War_II 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 8.
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Apr-2013 01:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Apr-2013 08:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
08-Oct-2018 18:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
17-Jan-2020 01:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
17-Jul-2020 22:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |