De Havilland Sea Vampire

Third prototype

17/03/1944 - First flight
06/06/1945 - Damaged at CFE Tangmere when undercarriage up, selected on ground
09/06/1945 - to Hatfield for repairs (63.12 flt hours by now)
23/08/1945 - F/F after mods for naval trials, arrester hook and new canopy
16/11/1945 - Hatfield to RAE
26/11/1945 - to RNAS Ford
03/12/1945 - Started landing trials on HMS Ocean - 1st jet landing on ship at sea - Lt/Cmdr E.M. Brown RNVR
06/12/1945 - Returned to Farnborough
19/02/1946 - To A&AEE Boscombe Down - C Flt(Naval Test Sqdn) - Landing procedure development
02/04/1946 - To Hatfield - 120 hour airframe check and 30 hour engine inspection
10/04/1946 - Form 78 records aircraft damaged cause unknown
07/05/1946 - Back at A&AEE Boscombe Down
25/06/1946 - Trials at Boscombe Down completed
27/06/1946 - To RNAS Ford
28/06/1946 - 'Shop Window' demos aboard HMS Ocean
01/07/1946 - To RNAS Ford for 778NAS
30/11/1946 - To Hatfield for repairs
? - To RAE Farnborough for arrester barrier trials
13/02/1957 - Declared Cat E damaged
15/09/1957 - Sold to DH at Hatfield
? - Offered to Mosquito Museum, turned down due to lack of space, passed to the Science Museum
? - Transferred on loan to FAAM
21/02/1994 - Following restoration by SOFFAAM,went into spray shop