Date:	Thursday 16 October 1947
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 1
Owner/operator:	247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	TG301
MSN:	EEP/40028
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Druridge Bay, near Amble, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland
Destination airport:

Narrative:
De Havilland Vampire F.1 TG301 247 Squadron coded "ZY-Z": crashed and destroyed when dived into sea at Druridge Bay, near Amble, Northumberland on 16.10.47. The aircraft was pulled sharply out of a dive from high altitude, but went into an unrecoverable high-speed stall. The Vampire dived into the sea, and the pilot was killed

Crew of Vampire TG247:
Pilot II (1609301) John Jack, RAFVR (pilot, aged 23) - killed on active service 16-10-47. Body recovered, and buried at Chevington Cemetery, Chevington, Northumberland

Druridge Bay is a 7-mile (11 km) long bay on the North Sea in Northumberland, England, stretching from Amble in the north to Cresswell in the south.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.343
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 247 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2482: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505120
5. http://www.vicflintham.co.uk/post-war-military-aircraft/vampire/vampire.html
6. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2809807/john-jack/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._247_Squadron_RAF#Post_war
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druridge_Bay

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Mar-2013 20:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Apr-2013 19:43	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
08-Jan-2020 20:58	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Aug-2021 21:17	BlB	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
10-Aug-2021 09:18	SD	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-May-2023 21:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]]