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Date: | Monday 18 October 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | CNCS RAF |
Registration: | WZ448 |
MSN: | 15035 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (EGOS) -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (EGOS) |
Destination airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire (EGOS) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 WZ448: Delivered 30/9/52. RAF Service was with 202 AFS and the CNCS (Central Navigation & Control School) at RAF Shawbury
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/10/54: Undercarriage jammed on approach and belly landed at RAF Shawbury, Shropshire.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.164 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.108)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.96
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2013 09:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Mar-2019 08:52 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 11:47 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
25-Apr-2020 00:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
25-Apr-2020 09:18 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |