ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143812
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 22-SEP-1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F.Mk.6 |
| Operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS926 |
| C/n / msn: | 95259 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea, 60 miles E of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
First flown by J. Cockburn on 30-1-67 at BAC Samlesbury. Delivered to 5 Squadron, 20-3-67. Crashed, 22-9-69 when spun into the North Sea 60 miles off Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire. Pilot - Major C.B. Neel USAF - ejected safely. Hours flown 703h 30m.
Sources:
http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf6.html
www.ukserials.com/losses-1969.htm
http://www.transportphotos.com/air/photo/MIL21915
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1969.htm#sep
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2012 13:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Sep-2012 01:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
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