ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20164
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| Date: | Saturday 21 January 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WA449 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5 WA449: Delivered 13/8/51. RAF Service career was with 185 Squadron, 3/4 CAACU (Civilian Anti Aircraft Co-Operation Unit) coded '19' (in November 1954) and 607 (County of Durham) Squadron RAF.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/1/56: Crashed when a wing hit the ground after hitting the slipstream of the aircraft ahead of it during a formation take off from RAF Ouston, Northumberland
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 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.175
4. The History of the De Havilland Vampire By David Watkins
5. 607 (County of Durham) ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/55 to 28/2/57: File AIR 27/2712/5 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8428069
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
7. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
8. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 05:25 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Aug-2010 02:49 | penguin832 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 05-Mar-2013 15:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2016 08:05 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport] |
| 10-Jan-2020 21:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2020 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2020 01:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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