ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56601
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Date: | Thursday 14 December 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Lightning T4 |
Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
Registration: | XM974 |
MSN: | 95074 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, off Happisburgh, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the North Sea, off Happisburgh, Norfolk, 14/12/72, when both reheats and one engine caught fire. Both crew - Flt Lt Spencer and Plt Off Evans - ejected safely. Total hours 1,753.
Sources:
1.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%202752.htm 2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histp11t4.htm]
3.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170531092840/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1972.htm 4.
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xm974.html 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1972.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2008 11:44 |
harro |
Updated |
12-Mar-2012 19:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2013 13:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code] |
31-Jul-2015 17:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
04-Dec-2018 09:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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