Date:	Sunday 3 April 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VZ325
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Brimmond Hill, Dyce near Aberdeen, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Dyce, Aberdeen
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 VZ325: Delivered 18/4/50. RAF service career was with 71 Squadron, and 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron, RAF.

Written off (destroyed) 3/4/55: Dived into the ground during a roll, having first entered a spin, which he failed to recover from. Aircraft dived into the ground at Brimmond Hill, Dyce near Aberdeen, Scotland. The pilot was killed

Crew of Vampire VZ325:
Flying Officer William Smith Leonard RAF (pilot, Service Number 2525427, aged 24)

Wreckage Struck Off Charge 7/4/1955 as Cat.5(s) at No.63 MU RAF Edzell

Brimmond Hill is a hill in Aberdeen, Scotland. The summit is the highest point within the Aberdeen City council area, at an elevation of 266 m (873 ft). The hill itself is situated in the area between Kingswells, Westhill, Blackburn and Dyce.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.50)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.125
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/12207.php
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/278acfc9-645c-0687-049d-8c87e7e4de2e
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimmond_Hill

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Apr-2019 21:20	Cobar	Added
23-Jun-2019 06:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 11:45	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
10-May-2020 01:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]