ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56601
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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| Date: | 14-DEC-1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning T4 |
| Operator: | 226 OCU, RAF |
| Registration: | XM974 |
| C/n / msn: | 95074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Happisburgh, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Crashed into 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:
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%202752.html
http://www.lightning.org.uk/histp11t4.html
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1972.htm
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xm974.html
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] |
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