Accident de Havilland Vampire (J 28A) 28.023,
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Date:Friday 23 July 1948
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Vampire (J 28A)
Owner/operator:Svenska Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force)
Registration: 28.023
MSN: EEP42171
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Vasalt, south of Torekov -   Sweden
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:F13 Norrköping (ESCK)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Vampire 28.023: Aircraft disintegrated during pull-up while firing at ground targets. 23/07/1948
Probably wing spar failure. Crashed in sea.
Crew:
W/Cdr F13 Grels Naeslund (pilot) KSF : killed.

Sources:

Part of official investigation.
El Litoral 24 July 1948
CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Aug-2013 13:12 T-Bolt Added
11-Aug-2013 17:13 harro Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Feb-2015 20:14 TB Updated [Source]
20-Feb-2015 14:38 Masen63 Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport]
07-Jan-2017 19:01 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
17-May-2023 17:06 Nepa Updated [[Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]]
27-Sep-2023 10:22 Nepa Updated [[[Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]]]

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