ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55567
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| Date: | Friday 21 September 1979 |
| Time: | 09:55 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XV757 |
| MSN: | 712020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Belt Drove, Elm, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering (EGXT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mid-air collision with Harrier GR.3 XZ128: both aircraft crashed in the Wisbech area. XZ128 crashed onto a house at Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, killing the three people in the house. XV757 came down in a stubble field at Belt Drove, near Elm, south of Wisbech. (Approx co-ordinates 52° 37′ 48″ N, 0° 10′ 48″ E)
In both cases, the pilots of each Harrier ejected safely. Pilot of XV757 was later named as Wing Commander R B (Dickie) Duckett. The same pilot had previously ejected from a Red Arrows Gnat (XR995) on 16th December 1969
Sources:
1. http://www.fenlandcitizen.co.uk/news/local/memories_of_harrier_crash_horror_1_448942
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm,_Cambridgeshire
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1979.htm
6. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1028633/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2011 00:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 17:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2013 02:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Jul-2015 17:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Jul-2015 17:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 07-Dec-2017 11:55 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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