Date:	Thursday 3 January 1957
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5
Owner/operator:	7 FTS RAF
Registration:	WA417
MSN:	EEP/42260
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Bodelwyddan, four miles south of Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 5 WA417: Delivered 4/6/1951. RAF operational service career was with 102 FRS, 98 Squadron, RAF Jever, West Germany from 7/4/1952 (coded "G"), 112 Squadron, RAF Jever, West Germany 24/9/1953 (coded "A-S" later "S"), thence to 19 MU RAF St. Athan 29/12/1953. Next issued to 5 FTS (Flying Training School) and then 7 FTS RAF Valley.

Written off (destroyed 3/1/1957: Dived into the ground near Bodelwyddan, four miles south of Rhyl, Denbighshire from an irrecoverable spin. The pilot did not bale out and was killed. It was thought that he was incapacitated when he was struck by the hood as it was jettisoned.
Crew:
Lt. John Barry Taylor (pilot) RN - on assignment from HMS Goldcrest (RNAS Brawdy), killed on active service 3/1/1957

The reported crash location of Bodelwyddan (Welsh pronunciation: [bɔdɛlˈwəðan]) is a town in North east wales, electoral ward and community in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 5 miles (8 km) South of Rhyl. The Parish includes several smaller hamlets such as Marli and Pengwern at approximate co ordinates 53.268°N 3.499°W

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 9)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.227
4. NationalArchives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2859: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578639
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt
7. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
8. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm
9. http://www.rafjever.org/98squadaircraft.htm
10. http://www.rafjever.org/112squadaircraft.htm
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodelwyddan

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2008 02:49	JINX	Added
08-Jun-2008 21:33	JINX	Updated
29-Jun-2011 02:05	angels one five	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2011 03:29	angels one five	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Mar-2013 11:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Jun-2014 01:43	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
25-Dec-2018 21:07	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Jul-2020 21:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2020 10:05	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
14-Apr-2024 21:58	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]