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| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS900 |
| MSN: | 95246 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Inchbrook Farm near Milltown, Grampian -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Lossiemouth |
| RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
First flown by R.P. Beamont on 20-6-66 at BAC Samlesbury. To 5 Squadron, 31-1-67. Crashed onto Inchbrook Farm near Milltown, Grampian when it caught fire and lost power after take-off from Lossiemouth. Landing attempted at Milltown, but failed. Pilot - Flt Lt Miller - ejected safely.
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20150224045018/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf6.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194559/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1968.htm
www.lightning.org.uk/mar03sotm.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2012 11:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Feb-2012 10:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Sep-2012 02:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2025 12:38 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
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