Date:	Wednesday 22 May 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	XD454
MSN:	15304
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 XD454: Delivered 15/2/1954. Operational service career was with the CFS (Central Flying School) at RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, and then 7 FTS (Flying Training School) at RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/5/1957: Made a wheels up landing at RAF Valley, Anglesey after the port undercarriage jammed. Airframe deemed as "beyond economic repair", and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 3/6/1957.

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.16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.248
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Aug-2020 22:24	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Aug-2020 09:05	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Operator]