ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20131
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| Date: | Thursday 11 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | WA318 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Traeth Cymyran Beach, near RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WA318, de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 5/2/1951. Written off 11/10/1951. Landed too fast at RAF Valley, Anglesey, overshot, ran off the end of the runway onto Traeth Cymyran Beach, and Damaged Beyond Repair. The aircraft reportedly became "bogged down" in the sand, but the pilot was apparently uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.118 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.187
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operational Record Boook)(Air Mininstry 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://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-wales/anglesey/cymyran.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 15:36 | JINX | Added |
| 16-May-2015 17:17 | Xindel | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 08-Jan-2020 22:44 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Feb-2021 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2021 20:49 | fanda | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2021 01:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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