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Date: | Tuesday 27 October 1953 |
Time: | 16:25 LT |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 208 AFS RAF |
Registration: | VV618 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | between Rhymney and Dowlais, 2 miles E of Methyr Tydfil, Glamorgan -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV) |
Destination airport: | RAF Merryfield, Ilton, Ilchester, Somerset (EGDI) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 VV618 from 208 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF crashed and destroyed 27 October 1953.During cross country training the pilot refuelled at RAF Valley in Anglesey. Shortly after take off from Valley, his port fuel tank fell off and hit church railings at Rhymney Wales. The plane went into a steep climb, then a shallow dive before crashing 2 miles east of Methyr Tydfil, between Rhymney and Dowlais, Glamorgan, at approximately 4.25 pm killing the pilot.
Crew:
P/O (607359) Derek Victor Reypert,(pilot) RAF -killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents, Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 152 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 423
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.91)
4. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II p.By Peter Forrester
5. Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Clouds: High Ground Aircraft Crashes in South Wales, p.21 & p107.
6. 208 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/11/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) flie AIR 29/2147 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101857 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV 9.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 9.
http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.cz/2009_10_01_archive.html 10.
http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf 11.
http://www.friendsofsomersetarchives.org.uk/files/Snippets/Snippets%20Mar%202013.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Oct-2013 07:29 |
Nepa |
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09-Sep-2014 17:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Sep-2014 17:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
10-Mar-2021 10:05 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
20-May-2021 16:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-May-2021 22:12 |
Vicktor |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |