Date:	Thursday 8 December 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Hunter F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	118 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WV373
MSN:	41H-670819
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kellerhöhe, 4 miles west of Ahlhorn -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Jever, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Destination airport:	RAF Ahlhorn, Germany
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Hunter F.4 WV373, 118 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 8/12/55: The pilot, Flying Officer Yeomans, carried out three GCA approaches at Ahlhorn when flying in manual. He then decided to revert to powered controls. He was seen at 3,000 feet, climbing slightly and then diving with his left wing low towards the ground. Although the canopy was jettisoned, the pilot did not eject. It seems probable that the pilot obtained a false anchorage of the ailerons when he reverted to powered controls and this only allowed free movement in one direction.

Flying Officer Yeomans jettisoned the canopy of WV373, but failed to eject and was killed when the aircraft crashed Kellerhöhe, 4 miles west of Ahlhorn

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.176 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 98)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/313: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424434
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2794: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578574
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
6. http://www.rafjever.org/118squadaircraft.htm
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220238739/yeomans-robert_james-arthur
crash site located by Volker Urbansky v.urbansky@t-online.de

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2009 11:55	ASN archive	Added
20-Mar-2012 08:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Aug-2012 08:32	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
06-Aug-2014 18:33	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Jan-2020 18:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Dec-2020 09:57	Anon.	Updated [Source]