Date:	Friday 29 October 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F.4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	130 (Punjab) Sqn RAF
Registration:	XB927
MSN:	714
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Brüggen, Elmpt, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Brüggen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Destination airport:	RAF Brüggen, NRW (EDUR)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19814 marked, became XB951. First flight on 18 August 1953. Delivered to RAF (taken on charge) 30 September 1953. Re-serailled after delivery as XB927. (The serial XB951 was re-allocated to another F.4 Sabre ex-RCAF 19838 c/no.738). Operated by No. 130 Squadron at Bruggen, Germany, coded "V".

Written off (destroyed) 29 October 1954: The engine failed while on approach to Bruggen, West Germany due to fuel regulator failure. A forced landing was made in the undershoot area. Pilot survived.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.165 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 10)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19801_19850_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Apr-2011 00:20	Daniel Nole	Added
24-Dec-2013 15:31	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
24-Dec-2013 15:32	TB	Updated [Destination airport]
31-Jan-2020 00:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2020 11:25	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
19-Mar-2021 17:53	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]