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Date: | Monday 5 February 1990 |
Time: | apprx 1400 |
Type: | General Dynamics F-111E |
Owner/operator: | 77th TFS, 20th TFW, USAF |
Registration: | 68-0001 |
MSN: | A1-170/E-11 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | The Wash off, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire (UHF/EGUA) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-111E 68-0001 (call sign BALLS 1) crashed and destroyed on February 5, 1990: aircraft did not level off at 200 feet Above Sea Level after turning base in the range pattern. Aircraft wingtip impacted the water while still in the turn to final. Crashed into the Wash off Lincolnshire onto the Wainfleet Ranges.
Both crew killed: Pilot Captain Clifford "Cliff" W. Massengill, aged 30 [of Edenton, North Carolina] and WSO 1st Lt. Thomas "Tom" G. Dorset, aged 26 [of Pensacola, Florida]. It was reported tat the crew were found three days after the crash, still strapped in their seats - which would indicate that no attempt at an ejection took place.
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm 2.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1968.html 3.
http://www.f-111.net/t_no_E.htm 4.
http://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/Mishaps.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1990%E2%80%9399)#1990
6. Washington, D.C.:"Crashes in Britain", Washington Post, Wednesday 7 February 1990, page A-20.
7.
https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=181795 8.
http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6882&p=155752 Media:
F-111E 68-0001 at Aviano (Pagliano e Gori) (AVB/LIPA) Italy, April 22 1989 during exercise Dragon Hammer '89
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2013 10:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Feb-2013 11:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
05-Nov-2014 21:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |