ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155615
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| Date: | Friday 29 June 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | VF341 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tay Estuary, 4 miles east of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.Mk 3 VF341 608 (North Riding) Squadron, RAF: delivered 14/7/1947. Written off 29/6/1951: crashed into the sea in fog 4 miles east of RAF Leuchars, Fife. The aircraft was flying as number two of a three aircraft formation when all three entered dense cloud. Vampire VF341 was never seen again, but some wreckage recovered from the Tay Estuary implied that the aircraft dived into the sea from a high altitude and at a steep angle. Pilot disorientation - due to lack of visual reference points in the thick cloud - was a possible cause. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Vampire VF341:
Sgt (2686184) Eric Thompson YARROW (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 29/6/1951
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.115 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 150
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
5. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://www.rauxaf.net/page157.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2013 12:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Apr-2013 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 08-Jan-2020 21:58 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 01-Feb-2021 03:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2021 04:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2021 17:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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