ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140073
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| Date: | Saturday 29 April 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk 83 |
| Owner/operator: | Botswana Defence Force (BDF) |
| Registration: | OJ-5 |
| MSN: | PS160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gaberone -
 Botswana
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gaberone |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Test flown in the UK as G27-153; thence to temporary RAF serial ZG807 for live weapons firing trials, before delivery to Kenya AF as 112. "Traded in" for a BAe Hawk Mk.80A, and sold on to Botswana Air Defense Force as OJ-5 (delivered 11/07/1988). Crashed at an air display at Gaberone, Botswana on 29/04/1989: pilot killed
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170528130256/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Botswana.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1046
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2011 03:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Nov-2011 03:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:07 | Gagarin | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-May-2016 19:56 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
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