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Date: | Thursday 17 January 1957 |
Time: | night |
Type: | De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3 |
Owner/operator: | 89 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WX921 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom NF.3 WX921: Delivered 5/12/1955. Operational Service career was with the RAF Stradishall Station flight and then 89 Squadron.
Written off 17/1/1957: Burnt out after the undercarriage collapsed, and a wheel hit a concrete block on landing at Stradishall, Suffolk. A tip tank caught the ground causing a fire. Both crew uninjured. Pilot was Group Captain D.G.Lyster, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. (Service Number 43149) although the name of the navigator on board is not known
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 107)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.230
4. 89 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1956 to 30/4/1958: File AIR 27/2801/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8431018 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 6.
https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/89/ 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WX Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Apr-2013 00:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Apr-2013 08:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
20-Jul-2017 22:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
17-Jul-2020 22:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jul-2020 22:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |