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Date: | Tuesday 19 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
Registration: | XD518 |
MSN: | 15352 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile from RAF Marham, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Marham Norfolk (EGYM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on 19/4/1955: the throttle jammed fully open after take off from Oakington and XD518 was diverted to make a landing at RAF Marham, Norfolk, as it had a longer runway. The student was instructed to make a low, long approach with undercarriage and flaps extended and to cut the engine when over the threshold. However he cut the engine one mile from the runway and made a forced landing in a field short of Marham.
The pilot - Flying Officer J. G. MANN (Service Number 2590562) - was unhurt. As a result of this accident, XD518 was deemed "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 29/4/1955
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p.16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.129
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm 5.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt 8.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2013 17:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Mar-2013 11:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
25-Dec-2018 20:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 11:36 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
11-May-2020 21:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
12-May-2020 08:30 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
16-Jul-2023 20:42 |
Nepa |
Updated |