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Date: | Wednesday 17 February 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE285 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
Destination airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland Venom FB.Mk.1, WE285, 11 Squadron, RAF. Built by DH Chester, and delivered 14/10/53. RAF Service was with 11 Squadron (only). Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/2/54 when bellylanded in error in bad visibility and adverse weather conditions at RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex. No fatalities or injuries reported.
NOTE: Crash date as 17/2/54, and NOT as per some sources 17/2/56.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 32)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.35
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) 11 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/51 to 31/12/54: File AIR 27/2598 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505236 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jun-2008 08:50 |
JINX |
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04-Jun-2008 08:57 |
JINX |
Updated |
18-Jun-2008 01:08 |
JINX |
Updated |
28-May-2015 15:01 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
05-Apr-2020 21:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2020 08:53 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |