Accident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F30 A79-227 , Monday 28 August 1950
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Date:Monday 28 August 1950
Time:14:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F30
Owner/operator:Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF
Registration: A79-227
MSN: 4006
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wallaroo Mountains north of Raymond Terrace, NSW -   Australia
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAAF Williamtown, NSW
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to recover from a vertical dive during aerobatics and crashed.

Sources:

https://books.google.nl/books?id=9RFVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%C2%A0plane+crash&article_id=4446,5176712&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj36oODwf2LAxUK-AIHHShKOrU4tAEQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=%C2%A0plane%20crash&f=false

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