ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56606
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 February 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F3 |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XR715 |
| MSN: | 95198 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Watermill Farm, Wenhaston, Blyford Green, Southwold, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed at Blyford Green, near Southwold, Suffolk after the pilot - Flt. Lt. T. Butcher - ejected following an engine fire. Per eyewitness report:
"I live myself very near the site of two plane crashes. On the 13th February 1974 an RAF English Electric Lightning's engine caught fire and the pilot Fl Lt Terry Butcher ejected. Instead of continuing to the North Sea as expected, the aircraft XR715 from RAF Wattisham smashed into the ground mere yards from my house at Watermill Farm, Wenhaston, the home of the late North Norfolk MP, John Hill.
Sources:
1. http://watertowerproject.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1974.htm
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170818203747/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1974.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2009 00:11 | zerocinquanta | Updated |
| 13-Mar-2012 14:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2013 19:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2024 15:44 | BOI | Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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