ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234815
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | VZ206 |
| MSN: | EEP/42... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VZ206: delivered 02/12/1949. RAF Service was with 3 Squadron, 72 Squadron, and 202 AFS.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/2/54 when made an emergency "wheels up" belly landing at RAF Valley, Anglesey, after engine failure. No fatalities or casualties reported. Damaged airframe struck off charge, and transferred to MoS (Ministry of Supply) charge 19/12/55 for use as a target on the Foulness Ranges
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 102)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.36
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Apr-2020 09:35 | INV | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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