Date:	Thursday 11 October 1956
Time:	night
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 2
Owner/operator:	33 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WR785
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1.5 miles SW of RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.2, WR785: Delivered 22/7/1954: RAF service career was with 23 Squadron and as "D" of 33 Squadron

Written off 11/10/56 - The aircraft failed to gain altitude after a night take off from RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire. Due to this, the aircraft collided in quick succession with a series of tress telephone wires and over electricity pylons. The aircraft dived into the ground one and a half miles south-west of the airfield, killing both crew.

Crew of Venom WR785:
Flying Officer John Northern, RAF (Pilot, aged 23)
Flying Officer Eric Curry, RAF (Navigator, Service Number 4135586, aged 22)

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 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.217
4. 33 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1956 to 31/12/1960: File AIR 27/2770/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8441938
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/362: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424483
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2842: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578622
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
10. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jan-2020 18:37	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-Jan-2020 23:03	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
13-Jul-2020 21:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
14-Jul-2020 20:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]