Date:	Wednesday 11 September 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1
Owner/operator:	FWS RAF
Registration:	WE452
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 WE452: Delivered 4/11/1953. Operational service career was with 266 Squadron, RAF Wunsdorf, West Germany and the FWS (Fighter Weapons School), RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11/9/1957: During air to ground firing over the Crowden Ranges, the No 4 rocket rail detached with the rocket and embedded its self into the starboard underside of the nose. The pilot was unaware of this and returned safely to RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire. The aircraft was not repaired - deemed "beyond economic repair" and Struck off Charge as Cat.5(c)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.192 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 33)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.263
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Jun-2008 17:09	JINX	Added
18-Jun-2008 11:46	JINX	Updated
28-May-2015 15:17	T.T.Taylor	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport]
11-Aug-2020 12:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
11-Aug-2020 12:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
11-Aug-2020 13:00	T.T.Taylor	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]