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| Date: | Saturday 7 May 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 CAACU RAF |
| Registration: | WA445 |
| MSN: | EE/P/ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Exeter Airport, Exeter, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGHE) |
| Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGTE) |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/5/1960: Landed back at Exeter Airport on completion of an Army Co-operative exercise, which consisted of shallow dives on gun positions at Weston Zoyland, Somerset. The ground crew informed the pilot that during the sortie a bird had entered the port air intake. The pilot was unaware of any bird strike taking place. The aircraft was not repaired
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
2. http://www.coldwarshield.co.uk/downloads/volume_two/ColdWarShieldVolumeTwoPage23.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2013 06:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Mar-2014 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 10-Mar-2019 18:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Jan-2020 20:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
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