Date:	Tuesday 5 June 1951
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VV657
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Destination airport:	RAF Odiham (ODH/EGVO)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV657/"A" : delivered 8/4/1949. Written off 5/6/1951 when the engine "flamed out" and could not be re-lit. The pilot then attempted to recover back to base (RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire), but did not have enough speed and altitude, and instead made a "wheels up" forced landing in a field on approach to RAF Odiham. Although the aircraft was wrecked, the pilot apprently survived with no injuries

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.115 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 144
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 247 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2670/4 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8426885
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html

De Havllland Vampire FB.mk.5 VV657/"A" of 247 Sqaudron, RAF Odiham, September 1950

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Jan-2021 20:38	Dr. John Smith	Added
28-Jan-2021 21:20	Castle	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 23:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
04-Feb-2021 18:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
07-Aug-2021 21:26	Anon.	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]