ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20117
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | WA264 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Caernarfon Bay 7 miles SW of RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5, WA264, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF Valley: delivered 24/11/1950. Written off 23/7/1952 when spun into sea emerging out of cloud during formation practice. Aircraft came down in Caernarfon Bay, seven miles South West of RAF Valley, Anglesey. The pilot was killed
Crew of Vampire WA264:
Pilot Officer George Henry DEXTER (pilot) RAF - killed on duty 23/7/1952
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.130 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.243
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarfon_Bay
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 14:38 | JINX | Added |
| 16-May-2015 17:38 | Xindel | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2020 12:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2021 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2021 20:47 | Xindel | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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