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Date: | Thursday 4 May 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VV448 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 4 miles ESE of Versmold, near RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh, (GUT/ETUO) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV448, 16 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 4/5/50 when dived into the ground shortly after takeoff from RAF Gütersloh, Germany. Aircraft came down four miles east south east of Versmold, Germany; pilot killed. Reason for crash never ascertained.
Crew of Vampire VV448:
Flying Officer Francis Colin Alston, RAF (Service Number 58773) - killed on active service 4/5/50
The reported crash location of Versmold in Westphalian Platt is a town in Gütersloh District in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located some 30 km west of Bielefeld at approximate coordinates 52°02′37″N 08°09′00″E
Sources:
1. Halley, James J. (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.102 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 54
3. Hamburger Abendblatt 5 May 1950, p 8
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/20:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424141 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/30/S2494:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578340 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV 8.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38445/supplement/5773/data.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Dec-2019 23:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
22-Dec-2019 23:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
23-Dec-2019 20:43 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Dec-2019 22:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
08-Jan-2020 21:30 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
05-Feb-2020 11:47 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator] |