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Date: | Sunday 3 September 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VF318 |
MSN: | EEP/42227 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland Vampire F.Mk.3 VF318, 608 (North Riding) Squadron, RAF: delivered 09/05/1947. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/9/1950. The aircraft landed short of the runway at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, and sustained sever damage. To de Havilland's for repair, but repairs eventually abandoned, and VF318 was Struck off Charge 11/1/1952 as Cat.5(s) and broken up for scrap and spares. No reported injuries top the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.80
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2020 21:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Dec-2020 21:08 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |