Date:	Thursday 10 January 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	WZ504
MSN:	15062
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Mona, Bodffordd, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:	RAF Mona, Anglesey, Wales (EGOQ)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.Mk 11 WZ504: Delivered 14/4/1953. Operational service career was with 233 OCU RAF Pembrey, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School) snd 7 FTS (Flying Training School) RAF Valley

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/1/1957: Belly landed at RAF Mona, Bodffordd, Anglesey after the undercarriage jammed on approach. Both crew were uninjured

Crew of Vampire WZ504:
Flight Lieutenant J.A.F.Shelley, RAF (QFI Instructor Pilot, Service Number 3113578)
Acting Sub Lieutenant V.M.Grimley RN (Pupil Pilot Under Instruction)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 90)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.229
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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2013 12:20	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Mar-2013 09:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
25-Dec-2018 21:08	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
10-Jan-2020 18:53	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
17-Jul-2020 19:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2020 20:09	Yarbi	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]