ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140159
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| Date: | 17-SEP-1970 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.5 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS Royal Air Force (1 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | XW297 |
| MSN: | EEP/JP/961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kipling Coates, East Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse (EGXU), North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
BAC (Hunting) Jet Provost T.Mk.5 XW297: Delivered to the RAF 15/12/1969. Service was as '59' with 1 FTS, RAF
Crashed 17/9/1970 at Kipling Coates, North Yorkshire. The pilot (Flying Officer Wilkins) ejected safely. According to a contemporary news report ("Yorkshire Air News" October 1970): "On the 17th. Sept."[1970] "a Jet Provost T.5 from Linton on Ouse crashed at Kiplingcoates in the East Riding.The aircraft is a write off but fortunately, the pilot, a Student, was able to eject safely"
Kiplingcotes is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east of the market town of Market Weighton. 3 miles (5 km) to the east lies Etton. It is split between the civil parishes of Dalton Holme and Etton.
Remains recovered for investigation then scrapped at Ascot during June 1974
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
2. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t5-xw287-to-xw336/
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194422/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1970.htm
4. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/jet-provost-crashes/
5. "Yorkshire Air News" October 1970: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1970%2010.PDF
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XW
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiplingcotes
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2011 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Nov-2011 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2012 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 13:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 18:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2022 00:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 14-Jul-2022 13:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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