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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)
Sources:
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 Revision history:
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] |