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Date: | Friday 24 March 1961 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | 8 FTS RAF |
Registration: | WZ513 |
MSN: | 15100 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 4 miles South of Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:No.8 FTS: By 1961 the school’s team was flying Vampire T.11s and on 24/3/1961 it suffered a tragic accident when two of its aircraft collided during a formation loop at the graduation parade of No.139 Pilot Course at RAF Swinderby.
WZ513 struck XE944 over Swinderby, Lincolnshire during a formation loop. The pilot of WZ513 was unaware of this but noticed handling problems. He flew to an unpopulated area and ejected over Binbrook. XE944 went into a spin and crashed near Swinderby killing the pilot. He had jettisoned the canopy but had insufficient time to eject
One of the pilots, Flt Lt M T Chapman was unfortunately killed when his Vampire (XE944) crashed in a field near Swinderby, while Sqn Ldr L A Boyer was able to safely eject before his aircraft (WZ513) came down four miles south of Binbrook, south of Grimsby. Despite the temporary set-back, an improvised display team appeared at that year’s Battle of Britain shows at Aldergrove and Finningley later in the year.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2.
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/307076-airshow-related-accidents-2.html 3.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s-incident-logs#1961 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/40/S3005:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578785 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XE 9.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194406/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1961.htm#mar 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945#1960s 11. WZ513 at Celle (ZCN/ETHC), West Germany April 1954:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1100536/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2013 14:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
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28-Oct-2013 00:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
15-Mar-2019 08:33 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Nature] |
10-Jan-2020 19:16 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Operator] |
03-Dec-2020 00:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-Dec-2020 00:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
03-Dec-2020 17:40 |
DB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |