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Date: | Sunday 10 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 502 (Ulster) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WG831 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Aldergrove, Belfast, Northern Ireland (BFS/EGAA) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 WG831: Notified as awaiting collection 21/9/51, delivered to the RAF 1/10/51. Sole RAF operational career was with 502 (Ulster) Squadron, RAF at Aldergrove, Belfast
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/4/55; Engine failed due to impeller failure, aircraft belly landed in field near Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Aircraft not repaired, and instead Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 18/4/55. Broken up for spares and scrap at 23 MU RAF Aldergrove.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.50)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.105
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._502_Squadron_RAF#Into_the_jet_age 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumlin,_County_Antrim Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jun-2008 15:11 |
JINX |
Added |
14-Jun-2013 18:43 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
03-Oct-2013 20:23 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
10-Jan-2020 11:46 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
11-May-2020 17:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |