Vampire FB.5 WA285 damaged in the air, landed at Leconfield airfield.

On 18th May 1953 this Central Gunnery School aircraft was being flown on a familiarisation flight when the pilot inadvertantly put the aircraft into a spin, while he then recovered and made a normal landing at Leconfield airfield the aircraft appears to have been slightly damaged, probably through over-stressing.

Pilot - F/O William Igor Worsley RAF (607236).

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