Date:	Thursday 4 March 1954
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1
Owner/operator:	Marshalls of Cambridge Ltd
Registration:	WK427
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Howe Street, Great Waltham, 6 miles north of Chelmsford, Essex England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.1 WK427, Marshall's of Cambridge Ltd. Written off (destroyed) 4/3/54 when crashed at Howe Street, Great Waltham, 6 miles North of Chelmsford, Essex. Aircraft was on a post-overhaul test flight, and entered a high-speed dive - as required by the test programme - and broke up in flight

Test Pilot:
Mr Edward George Beedle of Marshalls Cambridge (Civilian Test Pilot) killed.

Note that "Howe Street" is not a street in Chelmsford, Essex, but a rural hamlet on the banks of the River Chelmer. It is situated in the parish of Great Waltham, in the Chelmsford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is 6 miles north of the Chelmsford City centre, at approximate co ordinates 51.807°N 0.457°E

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.156 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 73)
3. https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=232
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/203: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424324
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howe_Street
8. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/110505-edward-beedle

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Jun-2008 11:38	JINX	Added
19-May-2011 15:21	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Apr-2015 19:30	Andy	Updated [Location, Narrative]
09-Jan-2020 23:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jan-2020 13:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
06-Apr-2020 18:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]