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Date: | Friday 13 October 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | VZ300 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Skipsea Gunnery Ranges, Skipsea, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5, VZ300, CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF: Delivered 28/2/1950. Written off (destroyed) 13/10/1950. On a second "live" attack (ground attack with live cannon shellfire) on a ground target at the Skipsea Gunnery Ranges, Skipsea, East Yorkshire, the pilot made a very fast tight circuit, and the aircraft stalled and spun into the ground on the final turn. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/O (607022) Dennis McAFEE (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 13/10/1950
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.107 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.89
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipsea Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jan-2021 20:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
02-Jan-2021 21:54 |
Fanda |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |