Date:	Sunday 5 March 1950
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3
Owner/operator:	501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VF271
MSN:	EEP/40127
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG)
Destination airport:	RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.Mk.3 VF271: Notified as awaiting collection 22.8.46, delivered 26.8.46: issued to 3 Squadron, RAF Germany, later to 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, RAF.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overshot the runway landing in bad visibility and adverse weather conditions at Filton, near Bristol, Gloucestershire on 5.3.50. Aircraft written off, and struck off charge; as far as is known, the pilot survived with minor injuries.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.36
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH100%20prodn%20list.txt

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Mar-2013 21:22	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Apr-2013 07:07	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
08-Jan-2020 21:23	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Dec-2020 13:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2020 13:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source]