Accident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WG835, Tuesday 29 January 1957
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Date:Tuesday 29 January 1957
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:7 FTS RAF
Registration: WG835
MSN: V07..
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Valley, Anglesey, (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
De Havilland Vampire FB.Mk.5 WG835: Delivered 30/10/51. RAF Service career was with 5 Squadron, 8 FTS and 7 FTS.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/1/1957: Lost power on take off from RAF Valley, Anglesey. The take off was abandoned, and the undercarriage was raised to stop. No record of any injuries to the pilot.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.187 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 46)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.232
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jun-2008 15:18 JINX Added
18-May-2015 18:08 MiG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ]
28-Jul-2020 23:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Jul-2020 09:35 Apen Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator, ]

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