Accident de Havilland Venom (J 33) 33019, Friday 20 March 1959
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Date:Friday 20 March 1959
Time:10:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic VNOM model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Venom (J 33)
Owner/operator:Flygvapnet
Registration: 33019
MSN: 12368
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kärnskogen, N of Tjällmo -   Sweden
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:F1 Västerås
Destination airport:F1 Västerås
Narrative:
During target practise (target on the ground), the plane explods in the air and breaks up. A chunk of the plane with I. Person (pilot) and N. Borg falls to the ground (a bog at Kärnskogsmossen) and one parachute(not deployed by the crew) partly opens. Crew survives and returns to active duty. Coded F1-blue C.

Sources:

http://home.swipnet.se/f1-kamratforening/HB.pdf (p.16 -ff. swedish)
http://forum.flyghistoria.org/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jan-2011 12:04 Masen63 Added
23-Jan-2011 13:59 Masen63 Updated [Registration, Cn, ]
19-Jan-2017 09:14 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
19-Jan-2017 13:17 TB Updated [Location, Narrative, ]

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