Date:	Tuesday 23 October 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 4
Owner/operator:	22 MU RAF
Registration:	WR555
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile North-East of Silloth, Cumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Silloth, Cumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Silloth, Cumberland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Taken on charge when delivered to 22 MU RAF Silloth on 3-2-1956. Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) 23-10-1956 when crashed due to engine failure one mile north-east of Silloth, Cumberland at the end of test flight prior to being issued for service. Aircraft lost power on approach to Silloth, Cumberland and crashed into the undershoot area. Wreckage sent to 60 MU RAF Rufforth, North Yorkshire, when struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 7-12-1956. The pilot apparently survived.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983, p.91)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.217
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Apr-2016 15:21	Dr.John Smith	Added
13-Jul-2020 23:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2021 07:48	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]