Gear-up landing Incident de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 WE472,
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Date:Thursday 15 March 1956
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VNOM model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1
Owner/operator:16 Sqn RAF
Registration: WE472
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Celle, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF Celle
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) 15-3-1956: Undercarriage jammed on approach to RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany, aircraft belly-landed.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983, p. 33)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jun-2008 17:23 JINX Added
18-Jun-2008 03:50 JINX Updated
28-May-2015 15:24 T.T.Taylor Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
25-Apr-2016 16:00 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]

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