ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56564
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| Date: | Saturday 5 March 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F1 |
| Owner/operator: | AFDS RAF |
| Registration: | XG334 |
| MSN: | 95023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
| RAF Coltishall, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First flown by J.W.C. Squier 14-7-59 at English Electric, Samlesbury. Delivered to the Air Fighting Development Squadron, RAF Coltishall, 23-12-59, aircraft code letter‘A’.
Crashed, 5-3-60, near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, due to hydraulic failure, which meant that the undercarriage failed to lower, on approach to RAF Coltishall. Pilot, Squadron Leader Harding, pointed the aircraft out to sea, then ejected, but suffered slight injuries after ejecting at 15,000 feet and at 225 knots. An extensive sea search around the Roaring Middle Light Float failed to find any trace of the missing Lightning.
Total flights 34, total hours flown 23 hours 35 minutes.
Sources:
1. http://www.lightning.org.uk/histdb.html
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194401/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1960.htm#mar
4. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details/C6578770?descriptiontype=Full
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1960%E2%80%931974)#1960
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2012 06:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 13:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2013 05:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2013 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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