ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20121
Last updated: 20 May 2020
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| Date: | 07-JAN-1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 233 Operational Conversion Unit Royal Air Force (233 OCU RAF) |
| Registration: | WA277 |
| C/n / msn: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1 mile NE of RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire |
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:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 14:52 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Jun-2008 21:38 | JINX | Updated |
| 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] |
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