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Date: | Friday 1 March 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
Registration: | VV563 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV563: Delivered 20/1/1949. RAF service career was with 6 Squadron, 14 Squadron, 130 Squadron, and 5 FTS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/3/1957: The aircraft stalled on final approach to RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, and landed in the undershoot area, where the nose wheel collapsed. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 1/3/1957. No reported injuries to the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 91)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.235
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jul-2020 21:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
30-Jul-2020 07:40 |
Yarbi |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |