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Date: | Thursday 4 March 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
Registration: | VV677 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bristol Channel,1.5 miles NW of Ilfracombe, Devon -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV677: delivered 20/04/1949. RAF Service was with 226 OCU RAF Stradishall and 229 OCU RAF Chivenor
Written off (destroyed) 4/3/54: crashed into the Bristol Channel,1.5 miles North West of Ilfracombe, Devon. The aircraft was engaged in an air to air gunnery firing sortie over the Bristol Channel when it dived into the sea, killing the pilot. It is believed that the pilot lost control of the aircraft while turning to gain a more advantageous position to execute his firing run against the target, which itself was turning at the same time.
Crew of Vampire VV677
Pilot Officer Peter Reginald CHILTON RAF (Service Number 1920623, pilot, aged 23) - killed
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 92)
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=VV 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
https://www.key.aero/comment/1327041#comment-1327041 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Apr-2020 17:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Apr-2020 09:36 |
INV |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
07-Apr-2020 15:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
07-Apr-2020 15:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |