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Date: | Friday 2 March 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1 |
Owner/operator: | FWS RAF |
Registration: | WR321 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1 WR321; Delivered 29/07/1954. RAF Service career was with the CGS (Central Gunnery School) and the FWS (Fighter Weapons School) at RAF Leconfield
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2/3/1956: Swung off the runway on landing in a heavy crosswind at Leconfield, North Yorkshire, causing the undercarriage to collapse. Not repaired, struck off charge 7/3/1956 as Cat.5(c). As far as is known, the pilot was uninjured.
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 89)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.183
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Mar-2013 03:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Apr-2013 16:44 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
28-May-2015 15:25 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
25-Apr-2016 15:44 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
12-Jun-2020 22:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jun-2020 22:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
13-Jun-2020 08:46 |
Allach |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |