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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: | VF320 |
MSN: | EEP/42229 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
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 14/5/1947. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/9/1950: The aircraft made a low level approach to RAF Thornaby and struck the boundary hedge. The aircraft ran onto the runway and was badly damaged.
To 19 MU RAF St. Athan for repairs. Next known aircraft movement was on 19/4/1955 when Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) upon transfer to C(A) MoS (Controller (Air) Ministry of Supply)
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 6.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Archivesmonths/1988/1988%20-%20Dec.pdf p.4
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2020 21:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Dec-2020 21:24 |
ABBA |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |