ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55317
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 11-FEB-1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Vulcan B.2 |
| Operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XH536 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fan Bwlch Chwyth in the Brecon Beacons, 20 mls NE of Swansea, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore |
Avro Vulcan B. Mk.2 XH536 of the RAF Cottesmore Wing, flew into Fan Bwlch Chwyth in the Brecon Beacons on the 11th February 1966 while on a training flight. The aircraft struck near the top of the hill and broke apart over a large area.
All five crew members were killed
Graham Howard Sutcliffe Flying Officer - Pilot Killed
John Donald MacDonald Flight Lieutenant - Pilot Killed
Roger Clare Flight Lieutenant - Navigator - Radar Killed
Brian Waring Flight Lieutenant - Navigator Plotter Killed
Geoffrey Edward Fuller Flight Lieutenant - Air Electronics Officer Killed
Sources:
Flight International, 2 May 1981
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/wales/walesxh536.htm
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/53134072
http://www.association.9sqn.co.uk/index.php?name=coppermine&file=thumbnails&album=34
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1270879/\r\nThe crater/scarring of the earth at the crash site was still present in January 2012:\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nand a piece of the wreckage was still present:\r\n\r\n 
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2008 10:58 | harro | Updated |
| 22-Aug-2011 22:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2012 06:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2012 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Apr-2013 08:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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