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Date: | Friday 3 December 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
Registration: | VZ128 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales |
Destination airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VZ128: Delivered 25/9/49. RAF Service was with 102 AFS, 202 AFS and 7 FTS, RAF Valley.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/12/54: Engine flamed out on final approach and aircraft was wrecked in an attempted emergency forced landing at RAF Valley, Anglesey. Pilot lost control and aircraft dived into the ground at low altitude. No reported injuries to the pilot (sole person on board)
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 SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.105
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Apr-2020 18:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Apr-2020 20:47 |
MIG21 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |