Date:	Thursday 7 June 1951
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	VZ333
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VZ333, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 3/4/1950. Written off 7/6/1951: the aircraft struck the ground on final approach to RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. The ground that the Vampire hit was at a higher elevation than RAF Valley itself. The aircraft then bounced, tearing off the undercariage as it did so, and then came down in a belly landing on the airfield at RAF Valley. Although the aircraft was wrecked, the pilot apparently escaped uninjured.

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 145
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operational Record Boook)(Air Mininstry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Jan-2021 22:26	Dr. John Smith	Added
29-Jan-2021 09:58	Werich26	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
01-Mar-2021 01:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]