Date:	Friday 23 April 1954
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	WZ563
MSN:	15122
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, 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.115 Vampire T.11 WZ563: Delivered 23/4/53, RAF service was with 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) only.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/4/1954, exactly one year to the day after delivery: undercarriage jammed on approach, and aircraft belly landed at RAF Valley. Damage sustained deemed to be "beyond economic repair", and WZ563 was struck off charge as Cat.5(c)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.158 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 109)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.52
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh115.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2013 14:27	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-May-2015 12:33	Emil Robot	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 11:00	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Operator]
08-Apr-2020 16:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
08-Apr-2020 20:46	Investig	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]