ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20123
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 27-JUL-1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.5 |
| Operator: | RAF 112 Sqn. |
| Registration: | WA283 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2m SW of Haywards Heath, Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Failed to recover from an unauthorised attack on a civilian Dominie and crashed. Robin Brown's book "Shark Squadron" tells a slightly different tale:" The Squadron's first fatal accident occurred during a detachment to RAF Odiham on 27Jul52 when P/O C R Donaldson flying No 2 to F/O Keith Williamson was involved in a dog-fight with the Odiham Meteors. He appears to have lost control and dived away vertically, startling a passing Anson pilot who thought he was being bounced, but the Vampire never pulled out."
Pilot:
P/O Colin Robert Donaldson 20 RAF killed.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 & http://www.rafjever.org/index.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2008 15:11 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Jun-2008 14:55 | JINX | Updated |
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