Accident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WA457,
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Date:Sunday 27 November 1955
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF
Registration: WA457
MSN: EEP/422..
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 mile south of RAF Honiley, Wroxhall, Warwickshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire
Destination airport:RAF Honiley, Wroxall, Warwickshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Vampire WA457: Delivered 4/9/1951. Service career was with 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF.
Written off (destroyed) Engine failed, hit trees in circuit, crashed one mile south of RAF Honiley, Warwickshire and caught fire on impact. 27/11/1955
Crew:
P/O (2608819) Grahame Otto HAUSER (pilot) RAF - killed (died of his injuries the following day).

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.176 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 10)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.168
4. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.605squadron.co.uk/We%20Never%20Slept%20-%20The%20Story%20of%20605%20Squadron.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-May-2008 05:30 JINX Added
10-Jan-2012 14:49 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source]
23-May-2019 17:03 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 21:55 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
25-Jan-2020 22:05 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
06-Jun-2020 15:01 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jan-2022 10:45 Nepa Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator]

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