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Date: | Monday 29 October 1956 |
Time: | night |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.21 |
Owner/operator: | 891 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | XG636 |
MSN: | 121059 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel, 9 miles off Portland Bill, Dorset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Ilchester, Somerset (EGDY) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland Sea Hawk FAW.21 XG636 891 Squadron FAA RN: Written off 29.10.1956 - Contact was lost during a night Glow Worm sortie from HMS Heron (RNAS Yeovilton). (A Glow Worm was an air launched rocket that was used to illuminate targets at night). The aircraft crashed into the English Channel nine miles off Portland Bill, Dorset killing both crew - Sub Lieutenant Ralph Edward Craven RN (aged 21) and Lieutenant Jonathon Nicholas Lud Holthusen RN (aged 26).
The only known piece of wreckage from Sea Venom XG636 to be recovered was the tip tank, which was recovered by HMS Undaunted on 30.11.1956. Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.ZZ 5.11.1956
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.196)
2. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
3.
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm 4.
http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1956.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 6.
http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XG 8.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafsubaqua/rafcms/mediafiles/04F90D75_5056_A318_A85893C085315C27.pdf 9.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Mar-2013 00:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
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05-Apr-2013 07:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
13-Apr-2013 18:59 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
08-May-2013 17:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
14-Jul-2020 21:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jul-2020 21:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
29-Aug-2020 00:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |