ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154051
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| Date: | Thursday 9 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk FB Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 738 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WF282 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Portmahomack, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 9/2/1956: Two Hawker Sea Hawk FB.3s of 738 Squadron (WF282 '643/LM' and WF276 ''644/LM') Collided over Portmahomack, Ross and Cromarty One aircraft crashed at Petley Farm, the other at Rockfield farm. Both pilots - Lt. G. J. Sherman and Lt M. W. Hadcock - ejected safely
(However, it has not yet been able to establish which aircraft crashed at which location, or which pilot was in which aircraft) .
Sources:
1. www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm.
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20160423024448/
3. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaHawk.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2013 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Apr-2013 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Aug-2020 09:42 | soucek56 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
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