ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239067
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| Date: | Thursday 25 April 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XE828 |
| MSN: | 15544 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire (EGYW) |
| RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire (EGYW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 XE828: Delivered 10/11/1954. Operational service career was with 4 FTS RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire until 22/6/1956, thence to 7 FTS, and back to 4 FTS again
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/4/1957: Belly landed at RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire when the undercarriage leg collapsed on landing. Airframe deemed "beyond economical repair" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(G/I). Became Ground Instructional Airframe 7164M at RAF Worksop, later scrapped.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.189 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 25)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.245
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XE
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
7. http://rafworksop.btck.co.uk/BaseHistory/KoreatoClosure
8. http://rafworksop.btck.co.uk/AircraftBasedatWorksop
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2020 13:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Aug-2020 19:44 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2020 13:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage] |
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