Date:	Saturday 29 January 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F Mk 4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	92 (East India) Sqn RAF
Registration:	XD713
MSN:	614
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19714 marked, became XD713 in RAF Service. As the aircraft was also funded by US Government MDAP (Military Development Aid Program) funds, the USAF serial 52-10184 was assigned, but there is no record it was ever marked on the airframe. First flight on 20 May 1953. Delivered to the RAF (taken on charge) 20 July 1953. Operated by No. 92 Squadron at Linton-on-Ouse, coded "Q"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 January 1955: Badly damaged when the pilot (Pilot Officer F.S.Dodds) retracted the undercarriage on take off from Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire after the starboard tyre burst. The pilot himself was unhurt.

Later declared a write off, and struck off charge 2 February 1955 as Cat.5(c). Remains broken up as spares and produce (scrap). The scrapped remains of Sabre XD713 were sold to Tarne Valley Alloys, Wilnecote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, where they were reported still to be seen there as late as July 1967

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.168 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 19)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.114
4. 92 Squadron: Operations Record Book (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/51 to 31/12/55: File AIR 27/2636 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505274
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1952.html
6. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19701_19750_detailed.htm
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD
8. 92 Squadron, all pilots 16-1-55: https://sirius1935.wixsite.com/92squadron/people-pre-1955?lightbox=i55vz4
9. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
09-Jul-2009 01:09	angels one five	Updated
09-Jul-2009 01:13	angels one five	Updated
21-Aug-2013 06:41	angels one five	Updated [Registration, Cn]
27-Dec-2013 18:31	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
27-Dec-2013 18:32	TB	Updated [Country]
31-Jan-2020 22:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2020 22:48	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
09-Apr-2020 09:14	INV	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]
05-May-2020 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
07-May-2020 23:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]