ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55101
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| Date: | Saturday 5 June 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 2B |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XN978 |
| MSN: | B3-05-63 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Compiegne near Creil, Oise 60 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington |
| Paris Air Show | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed near Creil, Northern France en-route to Paris Air Show when lost control during air-to-air refuelling Both crew ejected safely
Crew later named as Flt. Lt. A. W. Marrs (pilot) and Flt. Lt. M. R. G. Kemp (navigator)
Anecdote re this incident: "Andy Marrs (pilot) and Bob Kemp (Nav) were demonstrating air-to-air refueling behind a Victor tanker at low level at the Paris Air Show! The effect of being ‘plugged in’ at low level in the turbulence that existed and vulnerable to the jet wake from the Victor meant that the Bucc was bumping around and eventually bounced one too many times for the pilot and crashed. Both ejected. Andy Marrs came down in his parachute into the fireball but, thankfully, the heat raised him up and the wind carried him clear – he had significant singeing! Bob Kemp walked away and was last seen climbing on board a C-130 to bring him home with a ‘bottle and 200’ which he had managed to acquire albeit he had never been intended to set foot in France on that sortie (or so the story goes)! We were never allowed to do low level tanking demonstrations whilst ‘plugged in’ ever again."
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201937.htm
2. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2_XN978_files/0_S2_XN978.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
5. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1247417/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2008 11:08 | harro | Updated |
| 17-Jul-2011 00:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2012 09:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2013 12:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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