VULCAN B Mk1A XA909 of No 101 Squadron. Abandoned 16th July 1964 by crew: (at 3,000 feet)
The pilot and Co Pilot ejected, others bailed out
This memorial is situated at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
Pilot Officer D M T EVANS.
London Gazette dated 7th August 1964. ROYAL AIR FORCE. Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant. D. M. T. EVANS (5030605) (seniority 4th January 1963).
London Gazette dated 3rd May 1966 Royal Air Force.
Dismissal by sentence of Court Martial Flying Officer D. M. T. EVANS (5030605). 22nd February 1966. Can not find any information about the Court Martial.
Flight Lieutenant A R FRASER
London Gazette dated 11th January 1952. Royal Air Force. Pilot Officer to Flying Officer A. R. FRASER (3501477) and others.
London Gazette dated 20th December 1966. Royal Air Force. Retirement. Flight Lieutenant. A R FRASER (3501477) dated 16th December 1966
Flight Lieutenant A W HOUGHTON
London Gazette dated 19th February 1957. Royal Air Force.
Acting Pilot Officers {on appointment to extended
service commissions):—
17tb Aug. 1956. A. W. HOUGHTON (4173390).
London Gazette dated 4th July 1961. Royal Air Force. Flying Officer to Flight Lieutenant. A. W. HOUGHTON (4173390U) dated 30th June 1961
London Gazette dated 14th June 1988. Royal Air Force. Retirements. Wing Commander A W Houghton 4173390U at own request dated 5th May 1988
London Gazette dated 7th October 1997. ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVE OF OFFICERS. With effect from 1st Sep. 1997, the following officers are transferred from the RAFResO "Class J" to the Operations Support Branch of the RAFR in their current seniority: Wing Commanders
A. W. HOUGHTON (4173390U) 11th Sep. 1995 and others
Flight Lieutenant M H SMITH (Co Pilot)
Flying Officer C WOODS. (Pilot)
Credit
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=55320
The plane had been on a training flight when at 43.000ft when it suffered an engine bay explosion. Aileron control lost after explosion near nos 3 and 4 engines. The explosion was caused by failure of a bearing in No. 4 engine. The starboard wing was extensively damaged, the pilot had insufficient aileron power, and both airspeed indications were highly inaccurate.
The pilot turned the aircraft out to sea and the crew baled out. Crashed at Treddolphin Farm, Gwalchmai, near Valley, Anglesey. Unusually, for a Vulcan crash, all five crew escaped: the pilot and co-pilot via their ejection seats, and the remaining three crew via the cockpit entrance/exit door.
Pilot - Fl. Off. C. Woods ejected at 3,000ft., 250kts.
Co-Pilot - Fl. Lt. M. H. Smith ejected at 3,000ft., 250kts.
Large pieces of the wreckage were recovered to RAF Valley: however, the aircraft impacted into the ground with considerable force. It is though they some pieces of XA909 are still buried at the crash site at Treddolpin Farm.
In memory of fellow crew members now departed.
This memorial is situated at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
As a young lad of about 12 I used to watched them flying up and down the River Severn with an engine of Concord underneath being tested. I often wondered how they could take off and fly being so big. They were painted white and from Filton
