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Date: | Saturday 31 December 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
Registration: | VV554 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Tynlon, 3 miles north north west of Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV554: Delivered 7/1/49. RAF Service career was with 213 Squadron, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) and 7 FTS RAF Valley, Anglesey
Written off (destroyed) 31/12/55 when crashed near Tynlon, three miles north north west of Llangefni, Anglesey. Aircraft dived into the ground after canopy detached and hit tail. Pilot killed.
Crew of Vampire VV554:
Pilot Officer Malcolm Frederick Farrow RAF (pilot, aged 19, Service Number 4151654) - killed on active service 31/12/55.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.176 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 91)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.171
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/315:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424436 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2796:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578576 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llangefni Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jan-2020 19:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Jan-2020 22:34 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
07-Jun-2020 16:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Jun-2020 20:04 |
Digger |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |