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Date: | Sunday 28 November 1954 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VZ177 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bursledon Bridge, near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5, VZ177, 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 28/11/54, when collided with DH Vampire WE836 (also of 501 Squadron) and pilot thrown out of aircraft at Bursledon Bridge, near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire. The pilot was killed
Crew of Vampire VZ177:
Pilot Officer Nigel Graeme Palmer (Service Number, 2523877, pilot, aged 24) - born 29/5/30, killed on active service 28/11/54, buried at Ship Lane Cemetery, Farnborough, Hampshire
Vampire WE836 tried to return to base (Filton) but the pilot abandoned the aircraft when it became uncontrollable, and it crashed at Hallen, Gloucestershire
The reported crash location of Bursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England at approximate co ordinates 50.8847°N 1.3117°W. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Nearby villages include Swanwick, Hamble-le-Rice, Netley and Sarisbury Green.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.104
4. Correio da Manhã 30 November 1954, p2 (2°Caderno)
5. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
6.
http://www.delscope.co.uk/aviation/hamble.htm#CRA 7.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 8.
https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=173394 9.
https://www.flickriver.com/photos/135768186@N08/43079781740/ 10.
https://www.rauxaf.net/page156.html 11.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bursledon Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Sep-2015 15:48 |
TB |
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03-Jan-2020 00:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-Jan-2020 08:47 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
28-Apr-2020 21:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2020 21:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
28-Apr-2020 21:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2020 21:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2020 21:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |