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Date: | Saturday 2 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 6 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE428 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 miles South of RAF Habbaniya, Habbaniyah -
Iraq
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Habbaniya, Iraq |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1 WE428, 6 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 2/4/55 when spun off turn and abandoned unsuccessfully, three miles south of RAF Habbaniya, Iraq. Pilot killed
Royal Air Force Station Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya, (originally RAF Dhibban), was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniyah, about 55 miles (89 km) west of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, on the banks of the Euphrates near Lake Habbaniyah. It was operational from October 1936 until 31 May 1959 when the British were finally withdrawn following the July 1958 Revolution.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 33)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/268:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424389 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/33/S2749:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578529 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Habbaniya Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jun-2008 12:46 |
JINX |
Added |
18-Jun-2008 10:54 |
JINX |
Updated |
28-May-2015 15:28 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
15-Jan-2020 03:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jan-2020 10:45 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |