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Date: | Thursday 7 January 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 233 OCU RAF |
Registration: | WA277 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile NE of RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.5 WA277, 233 OCU RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7 January 1954 when engine failed on take-off, belly landed in field after a wheels-up force landing, one mile North East of RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire. No fatalities or casualties reported.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.154 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 9)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 tro 2009 by Colin Cummings p.24
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=972 Revision history:
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28-May-2008 14:52 |
JINX |
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08-Jun-2008 21:38 |
JINX |
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17-May-2015 07:20 |
MiG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
09-Jan-2020 22:06 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Operator] |
22-Feb-2020 18:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
22-Feb-2020 18:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Feb-2020 09:39 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
04-Apr-2020 21:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |