Date:	Friday 26 October 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	5 FTS RAF
Registration:	VZ308
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wisbech St. Mary, 2 miles West of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5, 5 FTS RAF: Written off (destroyed) 26/10/56 when crashed at Wisbech St. Mary, two miles west of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Aircraft dived into the ground during aerobatic practice and exploded. Pilot - Pilot Officer T.R. Hannath (Service Number 2608734) - killed. His planned promotion to Flight Lieutenant (see link #6) was cancelled with effect from 20 November 1956

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 102)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/367: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424488
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40951/supplement/7160/data.pdf
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech_St_Mary

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2020 18:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Jan-2020 22:09	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]