Date:	Wednesday 13 March 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	MC CS RAF
Registration:	VV216
MSN:	EEP/42461
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV216: Delivered 29/6/1948. RAF Service career was with the A&AEE Boscombe Down (Trial Installations of Mk.8 RP (Rocket Projectile) and the associated rails and firing mechanisms; 103 sorties were flown), 234 Squadron, and the MCCS (Maintenance Command Communications Squadron).

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/3/1957: Lost power after the canopy detached after landing at RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire and caught fire on landing. Aircraft not repaired, and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) same day. No reported injuries to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 89)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.238
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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Jul-2020 21:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Jul-2020 22:26	Yarbi	Updated [Operator, Operator]