Date:	Wednesday 22 September 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F.4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	20 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XB899
MSN:	687
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Destination airport:	RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
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 19787 marked, became XB899 in RAF service. First flight on 14 July 1953. Delivered to the RAF (taken on charge) 17 August 1953. Operated by No. 20 Squadron at Oldenburg, Germany, coded "B".

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22 September 1954: During transfer of the squadron from Oldenburg the pilot forgot to lower the undercarriage and made a wheels up landing at RAF Schleswigland, Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany. Pilot uninjured.

Struck off charge 28 April 1955 as Cat.5(c) and broken up as spares and produce (scrap)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.164 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 10)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19751_19800_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jul-2012 21:56	Daniel Nole	Added
26-Jun-2013 14:19	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Country, Source, Damage]
30-Jan-2020 23:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2020 11:24	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]