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Old 3rd Apr 2015, 08:49
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Vampiredave
 
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Wokfans: I can't help with images, etc., of the two Vampire crashes but the following may be of interest?

Vampire F Mk.3, VT873, No.54 Sqn., Odiham, 21 December 1948
Control lost during formation turn when pilot blacked out; dived into ground, 1m E of Frensham, Surrey, killing P2 E C Andrews.

Vampire T Mk.11, XD539, No.54 Sqn, Odiham, 3 November 1955
During a photographic sortie of the squadron's Hunter aerobatic team the controller failed to direct the aircraft after Odiham was missed on the GCA. The aircraft was told to overshoot at Farnborough but the controller failed to notify Farnborough to 'listen out'. Ran out of fuel and abandoned at 9,000 feet, Frensham, Surrey. Fg Off P A Swoffer.

The particular story of the squadron Hunter incident as already mentioned in a previous post

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