Date:	Tuesday 8 July 1958
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 4
Owner/operator:	8 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WR503
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Djebel Djhat, Al Hajar Mountains -   Oman
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Shahjah, Abu Dhabi
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.4 WR503, 8 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 8/7/58 when shot down by Omani guerillas at Djebel Djhat, Al Hajar Mountains, Oman while aircraft was engaged on CO-IN (COunter INsurgency) operations, which involved strafing and rocket firing at low level, providing covering fire for troops of 22nd SAS Regiment, who were operating in support of the pro-western Sultan. Pilot posted as missing, presumed killed

One source (see link #5) maintains that the Venom actually attacked a herd of goats and camels by mistake, mis-identifying them as enemy insurgents, and that the Venom was NOT shot down, but that the pilot misjudged his altitude and speed of approach, and that the Venom failed to pull out of an attacking dive.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.196 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Youngstown Vindicator 9 July 1958, p 8
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
5. https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/jebel-akhdar
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebel_Akhdar_War
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR

RAF Venom of 8 Squadron flying over Oman during Jebel Akhdar War, 20 July 1957:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Nov-2017 13:47	TB	Added
14-Jan-2020 01:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Jan-2020 19:47	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
14-Feb-2020 23:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Source]
14-Feb-2020 23:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
14-Feb-2020 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code]
14-Feb-2020 23:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]