Date:	Tuesday 9 October 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 9
Owner/operator:	RAF College Cranwell
Registration:	WR230
MSN:	V1057
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD)
Destination airport:	RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 9 WR230: Delivered 24/7/1952. RAF Service career was with 234 Squadron, and the RAF College at Cranwell.

Written off 9/10/1956: The aircraft initially overshot its final turn, but then lined up properly for an approach, although the approach was "low and slow". While over the runway at RAF Cranwell, it appears that the aircraft suffered from "wake turbulence" from the leader aircraft, and therefore the pilot initiated overshoot action.

However, while overshooting the nose of the aircraft rose sharply, and the aircraft flicked to starboard. A wingtip then touched the ground, and the aircraft rolled onto its back, then slid inverted along the ground at speed. The pilot was killed.

Crew of Vampire WR230:
Flight Cadet David John Webber RAF (pilot, Service Number 607636, aged 21) - killed on active service 9/10/1956

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 )
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.210
4. http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
8. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1956
9. http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lincoln/st_andrew/index.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Mar-2013 17:02	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Jan-2020 22:05	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Operator]
12-Jul-2020 22:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Jul-2020 22:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
13-Jul-2023 22:03	Nepa	Updated [[Source]]