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English Electric Lightning

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English Electric Lightning
interceptor fighter aircraft
First flight: 1954
2 Jet engines

acc. date type reg. operator fat. location dmg
4 Sep 1983 BAC Lightning F53 53-677 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 0 w/o
9 Dec 1983 English Electric Lightning T Mk 5 XS457 5 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England sub
13 Jul 1984 English Electric Lightning F6 XS920 5 Sqn RAF 1 near Hemslingen, Kreis Rothenburg/Wümme w/o
27 Jul 1984 BAC Lightning F53 53-689 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 0 Tabuk w/o
8 Nov 1984 English Electric Lightning F6 XR761 5 Sqn RAF 0 Into the North Sea, ten miles off Spurn Head, Humberside w/o
6 Mar 1985 English Electric Lightning F6 XR772 5 Sqn RAF 1 Into the North Sea, 20 miles NE of Skegness, Lincolnshire w/o
3 Sep 1985 BAC Lightning F53 53-667 2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF 0 28 Miles North of Tabuk w/o
19 Sep 1985 English Electric Lightning F6 XS921 11 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea fifty miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire w/o
15 Jul 1986 English Electric Lightning F6 XR760 11 Sqn RAF 0 North Sea, 7 miles off Whitby, North Yorkshire w/o
19 Mar 1987 English Electric Lightning F3 XP707 Lightning Trg Flt RAF 0 RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England w/o
1 Jul 1987 English Electric Lightning F6 XR763 5 Sqn RAF 0 Akrotiri w/o
11 Apr 1988 English Electric Lightning F6 XR769 11 Sqn RAF 0 Humber Estuary, five miles off Easington, Humberside w/o
14 Nov 2009 English Electric Lightning T5 ZU-BEX Thunder City Aircraft Company 1 Overberg Air Force Base, Bredasdorp, Western Cape w/o contains link to final investigation report

acc. date	type	reg.	operator	fat.	location	dmg
4 Sep 1983	BAC Lightning F53	53-677	2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	0		w/o
9 Dec 1983	English Electric Lightning T Mk 5	XS457	5 Sqn RAF	0	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England	sub
13 Jul 1984	English Electric Lightning F6	XS920	5 Sqn RAF	1	near Hemslingen, Kreis Rothenburg/Wümme	w/o
27 Jul 1984	BAC Lightning F53	53-689	2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	0	Tabuk	w/o
8 Nov 1984	English Electric Lightning F6	XR761	5 Sqn RAF	0	Into the North Sea, ten miles off Spurn Head, Humberside	w/o
6 Mar 1985	English Electric Lightning F6	XR772	5 Sqn RAF	1	Into the North Sea, 20 miles NE of Skegness, Lincolnshire	w/o
3 Sep 1985	BAC Lightning F53	53-667	2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	0	28 Miles North of Tabuk	w/o
19 Sep 1985	English Electric Lightning F6	XS921	11 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea fifty miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire	w/o
15 Jul 1986	English Electric Lightning F6	XR760	11 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea, 7 miles off Whitby, North Yorkshire	w/o
19 Mar 1987	English Electric Lightning F3	XP707	Lightning Trg Flt RAF	0	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England	w/o
1 Jul 1987	English Electric Lightning F6	XR763	5 Sqn RAF	0	Akrotiri	w/o
11 Apr 1988	English Electric Lightning F6	XR769	11 Sqn RAF	0	Humber Estuary, five miles off Easington, Humberside	w/o
14 Nov 2009	English Electric Lightning T5	ZU-BEX	Thunder City Aircraft Company	1	Overberg Air Force Base, Bredasdorp, Western Cape	w/o

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