ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56581
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 17-AUG-1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F3 |
| Operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XP737 |
| C/n / msn: | 95165 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Irish Sea off RAF stn Valley, Anglesey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Valley, Anglsey |
Crashed into the Irish Sea off Valley, Anglesey after the pilot - Flying Officer R. T. KnowIes - ejected due to a jammed undercarriage. XP737 was inbound to Valley for the open day on 18-8-1979.
Sources:
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1979.htm
http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.html
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xp737l.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2012 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 17:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
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