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Date: | Tuesday 13 November 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A |
Owner/operator: | "Operation Granby" RAF Gulf Detachment |
Registration: | XX754 |
MSN: | S.51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Qatari Desert, 100 miles S of Bahrain -
Qatar
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:During a formation join up manoeuvre the aircraft flew into a low ridge 87ft above ground level in the desert in Qatar, 100 miles south of Bahrain. The pilot did not eject and was killed. The Jaguars were on a low level training sortie as part of the work up for Operation Granby in the Gulf
Sources:
Flight International 8-14 May 1991
www.ukserials.com
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/733611C0-6EC5-4083-851A-8E874D13B2A0/0/maas90_05_xx754_13nov90.pdf
http://www.educationforum.co.uk/aviation/biography.htm (biography of Flt Lt Keith Collister - the pilot who was killed)
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo001023/text/01023w06.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Dec-2008 09:52 |
harro |
Updated |
06-Jul-2011 00:12 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |