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Date: | Thursday 4 March 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.1 |
Owner/operator: | Marshalls of Cambridge Ltd |
Registration: | WK427 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Howe Street, Great Waltham, 6 miles north of Chelmsford, Essex England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.Mk.1 WK427, Marshall's of Cambridge Ltd. Written off (destroyed) 4/3/54 when crashed at Howe Street, Great Waltham, 6 miles North of Chelmsford, Essex. Aircraft was on a post-overhaul test flight, and entered a high-speed dive - as required by the test programme - and broke up in flight
Test Pilot:
Mr Edward George Beedle of Marshalls Cambridge (Civilian Test Pilot) killed.
Note that "Howe Street" is not a street in Chelmsford, Essex, but a rural hamlet on the banks of the River Chelmer. It is situated in the parish of Great Waltham, in the Chelmsford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is 6 miles north of the Chelmsford City centre, at approximate co ordinates 51.807°N 0.457°E
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.156 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 73)
3.
https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=232 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/203:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424324 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howe_Street 8.
https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/110505-edward-beedle Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jun-2008 11:38 |
JINX |
Added |
19-May-2011 15:21 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
02-Apr-2015 19:30 |
Andy |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
09-Jan-2020 23:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jan-2020 13:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2020 18:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |