Date:	Friday 7 September 1956
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3
Owner/operator:	151 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WX856
MSN:	12830
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL)
Destination airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGDL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 WX856: Delivered 19/7/1955. RAF Service career was with 151 Squadron, RAF Leuchars only.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/9/1956: Belly landed and caught fire at Leuchars, Fife after the undercarriage jammed on approach. Aircraft destroyed by the ensuing fire, but both crew escaped.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 103)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.211
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF#After_World_War_II

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Apr-2013 16:53	Dr. John Smith	Added
09-Apr-2013 07:54	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
08-Oct-2018 18:24	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
17-Jan-2020 01:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
09-Jul-2020 19:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Jul-2020 19:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]