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Date: | Monday 17 March 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk.9 |
Owner/operator: | 60 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WG871 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Endau Rompin National Park, Johor -
Malaysia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tengah, Singapore |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Missing on night navex from RAF Tengah, Singapore. Presumed crashed in jungle. Wreckage reportedly not found until March 1, 1957 (five years after the crash) with no trace of the pilot (Flight Sergeant Tadeusz Wojciechowski) in or anywhere near the aircraft. Pilot is therefore still officially listed as "missing in action, presumed killed".
After this the wreckage lay hidden in the Malaya Jungle until September 2003, when it was reportedly still where it crashed. After investigations to identify the pilot, an expedition was mounted on August 5 2004 to re-locate the wreckage.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/6/14/features/8088239&sec=features?file=/2004/6/14/features/8088239&sec=features
https://missing-you.net/datapilot/reply.php?refnum=47060
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?31957-Wrecks-From-Asia
http://www.airtalk.org/lost-plane-found-in-johor-malaysia-vt24975.html
http://archive.warbirdinformationexchange.org/archives/post35096.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jun-2008 21:22 |
JINX |
Added |
24-Dec-2011 12:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Mar-2012 11:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |