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Date: | Tuesday 17 March 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 |
Owner/operator: | 112 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VZ115 |
MSN: | EEP/42... |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Jever -
Germany
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Jever (G) |
Destination airport: | RAF Jever |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On 17/3/1953, during a practice for an impending visit by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh the engine of Vampire VZ115/'T-E' failed when in the circuit at RAF Jever, West Germany. The pilot, Flying Officer Ray Hancock, misjudged his approach to a forced landing on the airfield and passed the runway caravan, going the wrong way, at about 200 knots. The aircraft overturned and disintegrated, and the pilot was lucky to escape with little more than a broken arm.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4.
http://www.rafjever.org/112sqnpic010.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jan-2011 02:57 |
Masen63 |
Added |
04-Mar-2013 15:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
05-Apr-2013 14:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
07-Jan-2020 01:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Source] |
09-Jan-2020 21:59 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 20:33 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |