ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144660
Last updated: 19 May 2013
This information is added by users of ASN. ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | 30-MAY-1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F.Mk.6 |
| Operator: | 65 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XF507 |
| C/n / msn: | S4/U/3353 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Thrapston, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
Crashed and destroyed 30/05/1960: Failed to pull out of a dive from 28,000ft during combat manoeuvres and struck the ground at Islip, near Thrapston, Northamptonshire. The pilot did not eject and was killed
Sources:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C6578753
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2012 09:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Aug-2012 12:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2013 14:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description