Date:	Tuesday 19 April 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	5 FTS RAF
Registration:	XD518
MSN:	15352
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile from RAF Marham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Marham Norfolk (EGYM)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on 19/4/1955: the throttle jammed fully open after take off from Oakington and XD518 was diverted to make a landing at RAF Marham, Norfolk, as it had a longer runway. The student was instructed to make a low, long approach with undercarriage and flaps extended and to cut the engine when over the threshold. However he cut the engine one mile from the runway and made a forced landing in a field short of Marham.

The pilot - Flying Officer J. G. MANN (Service Number 2590562) - was unhurt. As a result of this accident, XD518 was deemed "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 29/4/1955

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p.16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.129
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm
5. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
8. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Mar-2013 17:28	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Mar-2013 11:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
25-Dec-2018 20:59	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 11:36	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
11-May-2020 21:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
12-May-2020 08:30	Boile A.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Jul-2023 20:42	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]