ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58799
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1971 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter FGA9 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XG156 |
| MSN: | 41H-680033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF North Front -
 Gibraltar
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
| RAF North Front, Gibraltar | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
I was on detachment from RAF Chivenor and I believe as already mentioned the pilot decided to bring the aircraft back to base with one leg retracted. The aircraft hit a concrete bollard at the end of the runway at Gib which hit the underside of the aircraft firing the seat. The pilot was already unstrapped to leave the aircraft. It was a single seater with no student as in the T7.
Choosing to bring the plane in, due his dislike of ditching (Having done it once before in Hong Kong harbour). The stated cause of death was severe head injuries due to impact with the seawall after ejection. His funeral was held in The UK, close to his home base at RAF Chivenor. I do have a photo of him, taken immediately before he took off. Shaking hands with some minister, that is not identified. Last one taken of him alive. I am always interested to hear more about this from anyone with information
Wreckage of XG156 was ultimately scrapped at Gibraltar sometime after November 1974
Hello, This is the first information I've ever had on this crash and I was just wondering if you could tell me more? My father Don Marshall, was the pilot and I know very little about it ( I was 8 at the time) Thanks so much and hope to hear from you and would love to see the photo mentioned above. Gilly
Sources:
Eye Witness report
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1278333/
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421174917/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1971.htm#oct
www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2009 10:39 | Mike | Added |
| 04-Apr-2010 10:23 | DON | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2012 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2013 04:18 | davidstathan | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2013 01:35 | dogplod | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Jun-2014 17:31 | paul63mod | Updated [Embed code] |
| 30-Jun-2014 18:33 | paul63mod | Updated [Embed code] |
| 26-Oct-2014 07:44 | harro | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Oct-2014 07:45 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2016 18:40 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 25-Mar-2018 07:24 | ColinH | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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