Date:	21-JAN-1957
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3
Owner/operator:	151 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WX794
C/n / msn:	12660
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL)
Destination airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGDL)

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 WX794: Delivered 19/4/1955. Sole operation service career was with 151 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21//1/1957: skidded off the runway while taxiing at Leuchars, Fife causing the undercarriage to collapse. No reports of any injuries to the two crew

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 103)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.230
4. 151 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1962: File AIR 27/2823/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8442448
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF#After_World_War_II
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
8. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Apr-2013 01:05	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Apr-2013 08:53	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
08-Oct-2018 18:25	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
17-Jan-2020 01:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Damage]
17-Jul-2020 22:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]