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Date: | Wednesday 6 August 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 9 |
Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
Registration: | WP998 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales |
Destination airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/8/1958: lost height rapidly while on approach to Valley, Anglesey. WP998 struck a rocky outcrop, a railway line and then ploughed through boggy land before sliding onto the runway on its belly. The Iraqi pilot was uninjured but a sheep was killed
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm http://adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/wg928.shtml http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Mar-2013 09:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Dec-2018 13:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 20:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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