ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153002
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Date: | Wednesday 4 February 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Dynamics F-111F |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 72-1441 |
MSN: | E2-71/F-71 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | East Wretham, near Thetford, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) |
Destination airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed and destroyed on final approach to Lakenheath, at East Wretham, near Thetford, Norfolk, 8 miles short of the runway at Lakenheath. Pilot CAPT Barry E. Horne and WSO CAPT Larry P. Apel ejected and survived.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1972.html http://htka.hu/static/cikkek/F-111/acftdata.pdf http://www.f-111.net/t_no_F.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Feb-2013 19:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
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03-Feb-2013 12:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
12-Aug-2015 14:19 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
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