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Date: | Monday 11 April 1988 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Lightning F6 |
Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XR769 |
MSN: | 95234 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Humber Estuary, five miles off Easington, Humberside -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the North Sea five miles off Easington, Humberside after an inflight fire. The RAAF exchange pilot (Flt Lt. Dick Coleman) ejected safely. At least twenty four Lightnings have been lost due to inflight fires. This was the last Lightning to be lost in RAF service
Sources:
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xr769.html www.ukserials.com/losses-1988.htm
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A7C80300-8590-4827-921E-F3FBB1BA67D8/0/maas88_10_lightning_f6_xr769_11apr88.pdf
http://www.airteamimages.com/67666.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Feb-2012 13:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Jun-2012 16:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
07-Apr-2013 17:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |