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Date: | Tuesday 19 July 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 145 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WK469 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles west of Tinnum, Sylt, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Sylt, West Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DH Venom WK469: Written off 19/7/55 when abandoned after aircraft caught fire in flight, two miles West of Tinnum, Sylt, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Crew:
F/O ( 2525754). Geoffrey Hugh WENSPEAR (pilot) RAF: survived OK; bailed out, injured ankle on landing.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.173 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 65)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/273:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424394 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2773:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578553 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnum Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2008 07:29 |
JINX |
Added |
17-Aug-2011 06:02 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
18-Jan-2012 04:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jan-2020 17:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jan-2020 19:41 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
07-Jul-2023 09:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]] |