Date:	Friday 1 March 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	5 FTS RAF
Registration:	VV563
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5 VV563: Delivered 20/1/1949. RAF service career was with 6 Squadron, 14 Squadron, 130 Squadron, and 5 FTS

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/3/1957: The aircraft stalled on final approach to RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, and landed in the undershoot area, where the nose wheel collapsed. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 1/3/1957. No reported injuries to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 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.235
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Jul-2020 21:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Jul-2020 07:40	Yarbi	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]