Date:	Wednesday 20 October 1954
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1
Owner/operator:	de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd
Registration:	WR347
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Top Farm, Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Hawarden, Chester (EGNR)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1 WR347, De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd. Written off (destroyed) 20/10/54 when crashed at Top Farm, Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Control lost, aircraft became inverted in cloud, and pilot abandoned aircraft, parachuted to earth safely. Aircraft was on a pre-delivery test flight, hence many published sources list this aircraft as "not delivered"

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.165 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 89)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/243: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424364
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellesmere_Port

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2020 18:52	Dr. John Smith	Added
25-Apr-2020 21:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]