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Date: | Monday 7 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VV196 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Irish Sea, off Pembrey Gunnery Range, Carmarthenshire, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.3 VV196, 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron, RAF: delivered 14/04/1948. Written off (destroyed) 7/5/1951 when crashed at the Pembrey Gunnery Range, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The aircraft was pulling out of a dive during air-to-ground "live" firing. When it had climbed to an altitude of approximately 150 feet, it rolled three times, before diving into the sea in a shallow dive. It is believed that the aircraft got into a high speed stall, due to the pilot making a too violent recovery from the initial dive onto the ranges. The pilot was killed
Crew:
Sergeant Edward Clinton Campbell (2689068) pilot RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.113 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.135
4. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squdron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2686 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505324 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._614_Squadron_RAF#Post_war 8.
https://www.rauxaf.net/page130.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jan-2021 22:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
22-Jan-2021 11:07 |
MiG15 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |