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Date: | Wednesday 27 October 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 98 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE365 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Fassberg, Celle, Lower Saxony -
Germany
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS) |
Destination airport: | RAF Fassberg, Germany (ETHS) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.1 WE365,["M"] 98 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 27/10/54 when caught fire in flight and dived into the ground on approach to RAF Fassberg, Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany. Pilot killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.165 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 32)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/245:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424366 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.rafjever.org/98squadaircraft.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jun-2008 09:23 |
JINX |
Added |
18-Jun-2008 11:25 |
JINX |
Updated |
30-Sep-2013 10:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 22:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |