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Date: | Saturday 14 September 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | CNCS RAF |
Registration: | XD553 |
MSN: | 15519 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 XD553: Delivered 30/7/1954. Operational service career was with the CFS (Central Flying School) at RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, and then the CNCS (Central Navigation & Control School) RAF Shawbury, Shropshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14/9/1957: The port undercarriage leg was prevented from lowering due to a jammed undercarriage door. The aircraft made a forced wheels-up belly landing on the grass at Shawbury, Shropshire. Not repaired: deemed "beyond economic repair" and Struck off Charge as Cat.5(c)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.193 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.210
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD 7.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 8.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Aug-2020 13:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Feb-2021 09:46 |
Holschtein |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |