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Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 210 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WA455 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grimsditch Camp/RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Grimsditch Camp/RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk 5, VV467, 210 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 28/10/1948. Written off 26/3/1953: Stalled during formation take-off from Grimsditch Camp/RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset and bellylanded back onto the airfield.
Although the aircraft was written off (deemed "damaged beyond economic repair") the pilot appears to have survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.144 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.375
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley Air Britain 2003)
4. 210 AFS ORB (Operational Record Boook)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/9/1952 to 30/4/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2148/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162863 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 8.
https://martinvillagearchive.org.uk/?p=3523 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-May-2008 05:28 |
JINX |
Added |
17-May-2015 07:00 |
MiG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
09-Jan-2020 21:28 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Operator] |
19-Apr-2021 23:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
30-Apr-2021 03:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Apr-2021 08:56 |
Investig |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |