ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174733
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| Date: | Saturday 10 May 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American F-86D Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | 526th FISqn /86th FIWg USAF |
| Registration: | 51-6207 |
| MSN: | 173-351 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | A40 Oxford-Cheltenham Road, near Burford, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
52-6207 was an F-86D Sabre of the 526th FIS, 86th FIW, USAF, stationed in Germany, which, with another from the same unit, was carrying out GCA runs at RAF Brize Norton on the 10th May 1958. While flying on the downwind leg of the circuit, one aircraft hit trees alongside the A40 road near Burford, crashed and disintegrated, killing the pilot. Great anxiety was caused when only 23 of the 24 rockets the aircraft had been carrying could be found and it was several days before an RAF mine detector unit came up with the missing one.
NOTE: Some published sources state that 51-6207 was transferred to the Greek Air Force in 1960, but that may have been a confusion between this airframe and 51-6206, the one before it (which DID go to Greece)
Sources:
1. El Litoral 11 May 1958, page 1
2. http://rafbrizenorton.yolasite.com/usaf-about.php
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422213914/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F-86D.html
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2015 17:37 | TB | Added |
| 21-Mar-2015 17:37 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2017 19:18 | TB | Updated [Date] |
| 21-Mar-2017 17:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2019 09:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 19:26 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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