ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82621
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| Date: | Friday 11 July 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 |
| Owner/operator: | 92 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XV418 |
| MSN: | 3036 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lohne, near Diepholz, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wildenrath (WID/EDUW) |
| RAF Wildenrath (WID/EDUW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft crashed in farmland at Lohne, near Diepholz, Lower Saxony during an attempted 270 deg aileron roll manouevre which was being filmed automatically from the brake parachute compartment of a lead aircraft of the same type. The filming was for a BBC 'Man Alive' Documentary about low level NATO flying in FRG.
Pilot and Navigator (Flight Lieutenant Richard Adrian John MOTT and Flight Lieutenant Ian Michael JOHNSON) did not eject, and were both killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1980.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171019205516/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_Phantom_RAF.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19800711_xv418.pdf
4. http://wolfmansmemories.jimdo.com/verluste-losses/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohne,_Germany
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Mar-2011 13:35 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2013 04:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2013 04:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2013 04:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2015 04:17 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2016 17:31 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Jun-2016 17:32 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
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