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Date: | Monday 2 January 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WX879 |
MSN: | 12850 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 miles south east of North Walsham, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk (EGYC) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom WX879: Delivered 7/10/55. RAF Service career was with 23 Squadron RAF only
Written off (destroyed) 2/1/56 when dived into the ground three miles south east of North Walsham, Norfolk, shortly after take off from Coltishall. Cause officially stated as "unknown"; however, the RAF Coltishall ORB recorded "At this time 7 of the Venom aircraft required their engines changing", making engine failure a distinct possibility. Both crew were killed
Crew of Venom WX879:
F/O (4084127) Ian G.M JARVIS RAF (pilot) RAF: killed
Flying Officer Harry A. Parsons (navigator, aged 20)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 107)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.171
4. ORB (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for RAF Coltishall, Jan 1956 to December 1960: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 28/1343 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4099347 5. ORB (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for 23 Squadron RAF for the period 1/1/56 to 31/12/60: File AIR 27/2742 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505380 6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/316:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424437 7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2797:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578577 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 9.
http://martinshough.com/aerialphenomena/Lakenheath/air28-coltishall-ORB.htm 10.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 11.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 12.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 13. Gravestone of navigator:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/4370077209 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Mar-2013 20:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
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08-Apr-2013 21:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
29-Jan-2014 19:23 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
17-Jan-2020 02:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jan-2020 14:36 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
08-Jun-2020 19:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |