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Crash site of 112 Sqn Vampire FB5 VZ115 T-E in the overshoot at Jever.   During a practice for an impending visit by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh the engine failed when in the circuit at Jever.   The pilot, Fg. Off. Ray Hancock, misjudged his approach to a forced landing on the airfield and passed the runway caravan, going the wrong way, at about 200 knots.   The aircraft disintegrated and and Ray was lucky to escape with little more than a broken arm. - 17Mar53.
(Thanks to John Beaumont and Robin Brown's excellent book "Shark Squadron".)
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