Gear-up landing Incident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WA164,
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Date:Thursday 5 April 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:4 Sqn RAF
Registration: WA164
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Wunstorf, 6 km SSW of Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Jever (Ger.)
Destination airport:RAF Wunsdorf, Lower Saxony
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed 5.4.1951: Category 4 (Repairable) damage in a Flying Accident, when the Eengine cut and the aircraft belly landed at Wunstorf, West Germany

However, not repaired; Later re-classified Cat.5(c) and struck off charge 11.4.1951

Sources:

http://www.rafjever.org/4squadaircraft.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2008 09:31 JINX Added
08-Jun-2008 15:22 JINX Updated
05-Mar-2013 18:23 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Apr-2013 19:50 Nepa Updated [Operator]
08-Jan-2020 21:51 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
08-Apr-2024 20:56 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]

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