Date:	Wednesday 21 November 1956
Time:	night
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 2
Owner/operator:	253 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WR803
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Hethel, 6 miles south west of Norwich, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
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 NF.2, WR803: Built by Dh Vailland at Chester, and delivered 4/11/1954. Sole operational service was with 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron, RAF

Written off 21/11/56 - Crashed near Hethel, 6 miles south-west of Norwich, Norfolk, after loss of control due to a loose tip tank. Both crew abandoned aircraft safely.

NOTE: The official Air Ministry file into the incident (File BT233/372 - see link #4) gives the crash location as "Hethel, 6 miles south-west of Norwich, Norfolk". The other Air Ministry file (File AVIA 5/35/S2852 - see link #5) gives the crash location as "Near Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire". Other sources give the crash location as "20 miles south of Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk" - which would put the crash location in the area of Bush Green, near Diss, Norfolk

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 91)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.222
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/372: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424493
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2852: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578632
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
8. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hethel
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._253_Squadron_RAF#Post-war_era

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jan-2020 18:20	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-Jan-2020 23:04	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
15-Jul-2020 21:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Jul-2020 21:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]