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English Electric Lightning
  Silhouette image of generic model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different   English Electric Lightning
 interceptor fighter aircraft
 First flight: 1954
 2 Jet engines
113 occurrences in the ASN safety database; showing occurrence 1 - 100

acc. date type reg. operator fat. location   dmg    
01-OCT-1959 English Electric Lightning T4 XL628 English Electric Co 0 off Garlieston, Wigton Bay, Dumfriesshire w/o
05-MAR-1960 English Electric Lightning F1 XG334 AFDS RAF 0 Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, England w/o
02-SEP-1960 English Electric Lightning F1A XM170 BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) 0 Warton, Lancashire w/o
16-DEC-1960 English Electric Lightning F1 XM138 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
28-JUN-1961 English Electric Lightning F1A XM185 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 1 mile North of Lavenham, Suffolk w/o
13-SEP-1962 English Electric Lightning F1 XG332 BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) 0 near Hatfield, Hertfordshire w/o
12-DEC-1962 English Electric Lightning T Mk 4 XM993 LCS RAF 0 RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England w/o
26-APR-1963 English Electric Lightning F Mk I XM142 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 0 off Cromer, Norfolk, England w/o
06-JUN-1963 English Electric Lightning F Mk 1A XM179 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 0 Great Bricett, near RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England w/o
18-JUL-1963 English Electric Lightning F1A XM186 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 1 RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England w/o
31-JUL-1963 English Electric Lightning F1 XG311 English Electric Aviation Company (BAC) 0 Ribble River near Lytham St Annes, Lancashire w/o
19-NOV-1963 English Electric Lightning F Mk 1A XM187 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England w/o
25-MAR-1964 English Electric Lightning F2 XN723 C(A) MoA/Rolls-Royce 0 Keyham, Leicestershire w/o
27-APR-1964 English Electric Lightning F Mk 2 XN785 92 (East India) Sqn RAF 1 Disused airfield, Hutton Cranswick, Humberside. w/o
09-JUN-1964 English Electric Lightning F Mk 1A XM191 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England w/o
28-AUG-1964 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XP704 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 1 RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland w/o
11-SEP-1964 English Electric Lightning F1 XM134 226 OCU RAF 0 North Sea, 30 mi E of Happisburgh, Norfolk w/o
11-JAN-1965 English Electric Lightning F1/3 XG335 A&AEE 0 Larkhill Ranges, near Woodborough, Wiltshire w/o
26-JUN-1965 English Electric Lightning F3 XR712 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 Watergate Bay, St. Mawgan, Cornwall w/o
22-JUL-1965 English Electric Lightning T4. XM966 BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) 0 Irish Sea, 12 miles off St Bees Head, Cumbria w/o
29-SEP-1965 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XP739 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 Battisford Hall, 3 miles NE of RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England w/o
05-JAN-1966 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XR721 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 1 B1079 road at Elm Farm, Helmingham, 11 miles E of Wattisham, Suffolk w/o
15-MAR-1966 English Electric Lightning F1A XM190 226 OCU RAF 1 North Sea off the coast of Cromer, Norfolk w/o
06-MAY-1966 English Electric Lightning F1A XM213 226 OCU RAF 0 RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
27-JUN-1966 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XR714 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Akrotiri w/o
01-JUL-1966 English Electric Lightning T5 XS453 226 OCU RAF 0 5 miles E of Happisburgh, Norfolk, England w/o
22-JUL-1966 English Electric Lightning F1 XM135 33 MU RAF 0 RAF Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England min
24-AUG-1966 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XP760 23 Sqn RAF 0 into North Sea, 35 miles off Seahouses, Northumberland w/o
20-SEP-1966 BAC Lightning F52 52-657 Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force 0 Khamis Mushayt w/o
02-JAN-1967 English Electric Lightning T4 XM971 226 OCU RAF 0 Tunstead, 2 miles east of RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. England w/o
03-MAR-1967 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XP699 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 0 Finchingfield, 2 miles north of Wethersfield, Essex, England w/o
07-MAR-1967 English Electric Lightning T55 55-710 BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) 0 Warton, Lancashire w/o
17-APR-1967 English Electric Lightning F1A XM184 226 OCU RAF 0 RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
07-SEP-1967 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XR766 23 Sqn RAF 0 51 miles ENE of RAF Montrose, Scotland w/o
12-SEP-1967 English Electric Lightning F Mk I XM136 TFF RAF 0 near RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
24-JAN-1968 English Electric Lightning F6 XS900 5 Sqn RAF 0 Inchbrook Farm near Milltown, Grampian w/o
29-APR-1968 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XS924 5 Sqn RAF 1 Beelsby Farm, 4 miles NNE of RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England w/o
21-JUN-1968 English Electric Lightning F1A XM188 226 OCU RAF 0 RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
04-SEP-1968 English Electric Lightning F53 53-690 BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) 0 Bradshaw Lane, Pilling, Fylde, near Lancaster, Lancashire w/o
12-SEP-1968 English Electric Lightning F6 XS896 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 1 near RAF Tengah w/o
14-SEP-1968 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XS925 5 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England sub
29-NOV-1968 English Electric Lightning F1A XM174 Leuchars Target Facilities Flt RAF 0 Ballmullo Quarry, near Leuchars, Fife. w/o
29-NOV-1968 BAC Lightning F52 52-658 Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force 1 Khamis Mushayt w/o
22-SEP-1969 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XS926 5 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, 60 miles E of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire w/o
05-MAR-1970 English Electric Lightning F6 XS918 11 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea, W of The Bell Rock, 9 mi E of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland w/o
02-MAY-1970 English Electric Lightning F52 52-612 6 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF (RSAF) 0 near Khamis Mushayt w/o
03-MAY-1970 BAC Lightning F53 53-697 Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force 1 Yemeni/Saudi Arabian border area w/o
07-MAY-1970 English Electric Lightning F Mk3 XP742 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 North Sea E of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk w/o
26-MAY-1970 English Electric Lightning F6 XR767 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 1 Straits of Malacca. 50 miles NW of RAF Tengah w/o
27-JUL-1970 English Electric Lightning F6 XS930 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 1+2 Chua Chu Kang Farm, near RAF Tengah w/o
12-AUG-1970 English Electric Lightning F6 XS893 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 0 into sea near RAF Tengah w/o
08-SEP-1970 English Electric Lightning F6 XS894 5 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea, 5 miles North of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire w/o
19-SEP-1970 English Electric Lightning T4 XM990 226 OCU RAF 0 Little Plumstead, near South Walsham, Norfolk, England w/o
25-JAN-1971 English Electric Lightning F3 XP756 29 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk w/o
28-JAN-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A XN772 92 (East India) Sqn RAF 0 near Diepholz w/o
10-APR-1971 BAC Lightning F53 53-414 Kuwait Air Force 1+3 Shanty Town near Al Mubarak Air Base, Farwaniyah w/o
28-APR-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XS938 23 Sqn RAF 0 Firth of Tay, 12 miles E of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland w/o
10-MAY-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk.3 XP744 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 0 Mediterranean Sea, 8 miles SE of Cyprus w/o
20-MAY-1971 English Electric Lightning F3 XP752 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 Colmar, Haut-Rhin 68 w/o
26-MAY-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XS902 5 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, 9 miles SE of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire w/o
08-JUL-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk.3 XP705 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 0 35 miles from Akrotiri w/o
02-AUG-1971 BAC Lightning F53 53-419 Kuwait Air Force 0 Rezayat w/o
22-SEP-1971 English Electric Lightning F3 XP736 29 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea, 30 miles off Lowestoft, Suffolk w/o
30-SEP-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XR764 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 0 Limasol Bay, 35 miles east of RAF Akrotiri w/o
29-OCT-1971 English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 XR711 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England w/o
06-FEB-1972 English Electric Lightning F53 53-666 6 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF (RSAF) 0 Tabuk w/o
16-FEB-1972 English Electric Lightning F3 XP698 29 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea, 60 miles east of Harwich, Essex w/o
16-FEB-1972 English Electric Lightning F3 XP747 29 Sqn RAF 0+1 North Sea, 60 miles east of Harwich, Essex w/o
07-AUG-1972 English Electric Lightning F3 XP700 29 Sqn RAF 0 Great Waldingfield, near Sudbury, Suffolk w/o
06-SEP-1972 English Electric Lightning T Mk.5 XS455 5 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, 10 miles N of Spurn Head, Humberside. w/o
28-SEP-1972 BAC Lightning F53 53-674 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 1 off coast of Bahrain w/o
14-DEC-1972 English Electric Lightning T4 XM974 226 OCU RAF 0 North Sea, off Happisburgh, Norfolk w/o
03-APR-1973 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XS934 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF 0 2 miles off RAF Akrotiri w/o
05-JUN-1973 English Electric Lightning T4 XM988 226 OCU (65 Sqn) RAF 0 North Sea, 23 miles NE of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk w/o
10-DEC-1973 English Electric Lightning F3 XP738 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England w/o
13-FEB-1974 English Electric Lightning F3 XR715 29 Sqn RAF 0 Watermill Farm, Wenhaston, Blyford Green, Southwold, Suffolk w/o
31-MAR-1974 English Electric Lightning T5 XV329 ex.- 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England w/o
03-MAY-1974 English Electric Lightning T Mk 4 XM991 19 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
21-MAY-1974 BAC Lightning T55 55-712 6 Sqn RSAAF 2 Half Moon Bay, near Khobar City, Eastern Province w/o
24-JUN-1974 English Electric Lightning F3 XR748 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, 5 miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England w/o
29-OCT-1974 English Electric Lightning F6 XR768 5 Sqn RAF 0 13 miles East of Saltfleet, off Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire w/o
07-APR-1975 English Electric Lightning F6 XR762 11 Sqn RAF 1 Mediterranean Sea, off Akrotiri w/o
30-JUN-1975 BAC Lightning F53 53-420 Kuwait Air Force 1 near Al Mubarak Air Base w/o
05-SEP-1975 English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A XN775 92 (East India) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
29-SEP-1975 English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A XN780 92 (East India) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
30-JUL-1976 English Electric Lightning F6 XS937 11 Sqn RAF 0 off Flamborough Head, Humberside w/o
04-AUG-1976 English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A XN786 19 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
11-SEP-1976 BAC Lightning F53 53-694 Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force 0 Khamis Mushayt w/o
24-FEB-1977 English Electric Lightning T.4 XM968 92 (East India) Sqn RAF 0 near RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia w/o
21-APR-1979 BAC Lightning F53 53-669 Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force 0 near Tabuk w/o
21-APR-1979 BAC Lightning F53 53-678 2 Sqn RSAAF w/o
25-MAY-1979 English Electric Lightning F6 XS931 5 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea off Hornsea, Humberside w/o
17-AUG-1979 English Electric Lightning F3 XP737 11 Sqn RAF 0 Irish Sea off Anglesey w/o
18-SEP-1979 English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 XR723 5 Sqn RAF 0 15 miles of RAF Akrotiri w/o
30-JUN-1980 BAC Lightning F53 53-684 13 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 0 Dhahran w/o
22-SEP-1980 BAC Lightning F53 53-673 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 0 Khamis Mushayt w/o
22-SEP-1980 BAC Lightning F53 53-680 6 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF (RSAF) 0 Khamis Mushayt w/o
23-JUL-1981 English Electric Lightning F6 XR765 5 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, 30 miles E of Spurn Head, Humberside w/o
28-SEP-1981 BAC Lightning F53 53-695 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 1 Tabuk w/o
26-AUG-1983 English Electric Lightning F3 XP753 Lightning Trg Flt RAF 1 Into the North Sea, North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire w/o

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