ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236315
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| Date: | Friday 24 June 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | VX987 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VX987: Delivered 15/8/49. RAF Service career was with 4 Squadron, 9 FTS and 7 FTS RAF Valley.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/6/55: The pilot - Upper Yardman C.A.Hussey RN - abandoned the take off from RAF Valley, Anglesey, and the aircraft overshot the runway, then the undercarriage collapsed. Wreckage to 34 MU RAF Shrewsbury, where Struck Off Charge 12/8/55 as Cat.5(s) and broken up for scrap and components.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.140
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VX
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2020 18:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-May-2020 20:42 | MIG29 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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