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Date: | Saturday 25 May 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 89 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WX912 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland Venom NF Mk.3 WX912: Delivered 08/11/1955. Sole operational service career was as "L" of 89 Squadron, RAF Stradishall.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/05/1957: Tail damaged by engine scorching on take off from RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Not repaired, airframe deemed "beyond economic repair"; instead struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) and reallocated to Ground Instructional use as 7448M on 21/06/1957. In the event, this was not taken up, and WX912 was scrapped in July 1957.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.189 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 107)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.248
4. 89 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1956 to 30/4/1958: File AIR 27/2801/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8431018 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 6.
https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/89/ 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Apr-2013 17:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Apr-2013 09:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
04-Aug-2020 22:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
07-Aug-2020 13:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |