Gear-up landing Incident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WA150,
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Date:Monday 1 September 1952
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:202 AFS RAF
Registration: WA150
MSN: EEP/42...
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Valley (VLY/EGOV), Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales
Destination airport:RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.5 WA150, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 11/7/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/9/1952: Lost power & sank back on runway on overshoot at RAF Valley, Anglesey. WA150 belly landed, wheels up, and pilot survived.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 287
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985)
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2008 09:18 JINX Added
07-Jun-2008 12:04 JINX Updated
08-Jun-2008 14:29 JINX Updated
06-May-2013 12:27 Dr. John Smith Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-May-2015 17:42 MiG17 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
22-Mar-2021 18:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Mar-2021 18:38 MiG17 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]

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