Date:	Friday 7 August 1959
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Hunter F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	229 OCU RAF
Registration:	XF986
MSN:	HABL/003141
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Youlton Farm, Sutcombe, 10 miles South East of Bideford, Devon -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC)
Destination airport:	RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Hunter F.4 XF986, 229 OCU, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 7/8/59 - Failed to recover from a spin during aerobatics and hit the ground at Youlton Farm, Sutcombe, South West of Bideford, Devon after the pilot [Flying Officer A.J.B. Bametson] had ejected over Milton Damerel

Note that the two official Air Ministry files held at the National Archives into the incident differ as to the exact crash location. One (File BT233/416 - see link #3) give the crash location as "10 miles SE of Bideford Devon". The other (File AVIA 5/38/S2949 - see link #4) gives the crash location as "Near Holsworthy, Devon". The crash location of "Youlton Farm, Sutcombe" is farm near the village and civil parish of Sutcombe in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about 5.5 miles north of the town of Holsworthy, at approximate coordinates 50°53′N, 4°21′W.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.201 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 34)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/416: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424537
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/38/S2949: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578729
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XF
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194240/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1959.htm#aug
8. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutcombe

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Mar-2012 16:40	Dr. John Smith	Added
23-Apr-2013 12:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Dec-2018 09:32	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
25-Jan-2020 19:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Jan-2020 20:59	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]