Date:	Tuesday 13 September 1955
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB Mk 1
Owner/operator:	32 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WK497
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Nicosia -   Cyprus
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Nicosia, Cyprus (LCNC)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.1 WK497, 32 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 13/9/55 when stalled on take-off from RAF Nicosia, Cyprus, and hit the ground inverted. Cause of accident attributed to engine fire on take off, aircraft destroyed by fire. Pilot killed. Remains Struck Off Charge 16/01/1956 as CAT 5(M)

1. Diário de Lisboa 13 September 1955, p 3
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.174 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 67)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/299: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424420
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2780: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578560
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
8. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=973
9. https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield-nicosia-54.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2008 11:35	JINX	Added
28-May-2015 15:32	Roup dot comma	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport]
01-Feb-2017 18:37	TB	Updated [Operator, Source]
13-Jan-2020 22:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Jan-2020 19:48	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]