Date:	Friday 2 March 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1
Owner/operator:	FWS RAF
Registration:	WR321
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1 WR321; Delivered 29/07/1954. RAF Service career was with the CGS (Central Gunnery School) and the FWS (Fighter Weapons School) at RAF Leconfield

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2/3/1956: Swung off the runway on landing in a heavy crosswind at Leconfield, North Yorkshire, causing the undercarriage to collapse. Not repaired, struck off charge 7/3/1956 as Cat.5(c). As far as is known, the pilot was uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 89)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.183
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WR

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Mar-2013 03:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Apr-2013 16:44	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
28-May-2015 15:25	T.T.Taylor	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
25-Apr-2016 15:44	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
12-Jun-2020 22:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2020 22:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
13-Jun-2020 08:46	Allach	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]