Date:	Tuesday 31 July 1951
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	WA160
MSN:	EEP/42...
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Dulas Bay (Bae Dulas), Anglesey (Ynys Môn) Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5, WA160, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 11/7/1950. Written off 31/7/1951: Hit water on low flying exercise from RAF Valley, engine flamed out, ditched into Dulas Bay, Anglesey at approximate co-ordinates 53°22′31.12″N, 4°16′16.75″W, but the pilot managed to make a successful escape.

Dulas Bay (Welsh: Bae Dulas) is a small bay on the north east coast of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), north Wales, forming the boundary between Llaneilian and Moelfre communities. The bay is bordered by three beaches.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.116 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.163
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley Air Britain 2003) 2nd Ed, p.6
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operational Record Boook)(Air Mininstry 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. Roy Sloan, Anglesey Air Accidents during the 20th Century (Llygad Gwalch Cyf, 2002, ISBN: 9780863816772)
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulas_Bay
8. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/240173/details/de-havilland-vampire-fb5-wa160

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Mar-2008 09:24	JINX	Added
08-Jun-2008 15:30	JINX	Updated
06-May-2013 12:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-May-2015 17:12	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
04-Feb-2021 18:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Feb-2021 19:56	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
01-Mar-2021 01:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]