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Date: | Sunday 3 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VZ325 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Brimmond Hill, Dyce near Aberdeen, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeen |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 VZ325: Delivered 18/4/50. RAF service career was with 71 Squadron, and 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron, RAF.
Written off (destroyed) 3/4/55: Dived into the ground during a roll, having first entered a spin, which he failed to recover from. Aircraft dived into the ground at Brimmond Hill, Dyce near Aberdeen, Scotland. The pilot was killed
Crew of Vampire VZ325:
Flying Officer William Smith Leonard RAF (pilot, Service Number 2525427, aged 24)
Wreckage Struck Off Charge 7/4/1955 as Cat.5(s) at No.63 MU RAF Edzell
Brimmond Hill is a hill in Aberdeen, Scotland. The summit is the highest point within the Aberdeen City council area, at an elevation of 266 m (873 ft). The hill itself is situated in the area between Kingswells, Westhill, Blackburn and Dyce.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.50)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.125
4.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/12207.php 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/278acfc9-645c-0687-049d-8c87e7e4de2e 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimmond_Hill Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Apr-2019 21:20 |
Cobar |
Added |
23-Jun-2019 06:13 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 11:45 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
10-May-2020 01:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |