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Date: | Friday 7 November 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WG798 |
MSN: | EEP/422... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WG798, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 31/8/1951. Written off 7/11/1952 when the aircraft undershot on approach, while attempting a forced landing at RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire, when the engine failed to due to fuel exhaustion
Not repaired, Struck Off Charge 12/12/1952 as Cat.5(s) and broken up for spares and produce at 34 MU RAF Shrewsbury. The pilot was not injured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 135 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 307
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jun-2008 14:45 |
JINX |
Added |
17-May-2015 06:24 |
MiG17 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
29-Mar-2021 18:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Mar-2021 18:39 |
MiG17 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |