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Date: | Tuesday 16 March 1954 |
Time: | night |
Type: | De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF Mk 2 |
Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WL830 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, off Waxham, 12 miles from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.2 WL830: Delivered 22/7/53. RAF Service was with 23 Squadron (only)
Written off (destroyed) 16/3/54: Crashed into the North Sea, off Waxham, 12 miles from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. Shortly after take off from RAF Coltishall, Venom WL830 crashed into the sea, but the cause was never determined. Both crew were killed
Crew of Venom WL830
Flight Sergeant Paul Brown Jackson RAF (pilot, aged 23)
Flight Sergeant Harry Drabble RAF (navigator, aged 25)
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 WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 76)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.43
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Apr-2020 20:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Apr-2020 09:19 |
INV |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |