ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212577
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.103 Sea Hornet F Mk 20 |
| Owner/operator: | 801 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | VR851 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, West of Mull of Galloway, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Implacable, North Sea, off Scotland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH Sea Hornet F20 VR851 "459/C", 801 Squadron FAA RN: Witten off (destroyed) when collided with Sea Hornet TT199 (also of 801 Squadron FAA RN) at 10,000 feet on a sortie from HMS Implacable. Crashed into the Irish Sea West of Mull of Galloway, Scotland 17.5.50. Pilots of both aircraft were killed. Pilot of Sea Hornet VR851 was Lieutenant John W. Hayter, RN
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.127)
2. Royal Navy casualties, killed and died 1950: https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1950.htm
3. http://warbirdsnews.com/aircraft-restoration/de-havilland-sea-hornet-airworthy-restoration-project.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mull_of_Galloway
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2018 19:56 | Nepa | Added |
| 23-Dec-2020 21:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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