Date:	Wednesday 13 August 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	WA418
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5, WA418, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 4/6/1951. Written off 13/8/1952, when the aircraft lost height on final approach to RAF Valley, Anglesey. The Vampire struck the ground and disintegrated on impact. The pillot - Pilot Officer T C Knowles - survived albeit with serious injuries.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.132 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.278
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2008 02:51	JINX	Added
16-May-2015 17:39	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport]
17-May-2015 06:22	MiG17	Updated [Operator]
09-Jan-2020 12:38	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Operator]
18-Mar-2021 22:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Mar-2021 10:49	TGM	Updated [Operator, Operator]