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Date: | Wednesday 22 June 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
Registration: | WA416 |
MSN: | EEP/42261 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 WA416: Delivered 4/6/51. RAF service career was with 102 FRS, CGS (Central Gunnery School), and 4 FTS RAF Middleton St. George
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/6/55 when stalled on take-off from a "roller landing" and wing hit ground at RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham. Pilot survived uninjured. Aircraft not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 22/6/55.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 10)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.109
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 5.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 8.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/Mil1955.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-May-2008 02:44 |
JINX |
Added |
05-Mar-2013 16:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-May-2015 17:59 |
MiG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 11:34 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
22-May-2020 18:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-May-2020 20:41 |
MIG29 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |