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| Date: | Monday 29 April 1968 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS924 |
| MSN: | 95257 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beelsby Farm, 4 miles NNE of RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
First flown by T.M.S. Ferguson on 11-1-67 at BAC Samlesbury. Delivered to 5 Squadron, 24-2-67 as 'E'. Crashed at Beelsby Farm, 4 miles north-north-east of RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, following loss of control shortly after take off from Binbrook. Aircraft stalled and performed ‘falling leaf’ manouvre in stream turbulence. Pilot, Flt Lt Alan John Davey (aged 22, Service Number 4231939), initiated ejection sequence, but did not eject in time, and was killed.
XS924 was scheduled to rendezvous with a Victor B2 for a flypast over RAF Scampton to mark the stand-down of Bomber Command on April 30 1968.
The pilot was interred at St Mary and St Gabriel Churchyard, Binbrook, Lincolnshire. Beelsby Farm's full postal address is Beelsby Hall Main Road, Hatcliffe DN37 0TN. Beelsby is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west from Grimsby.
Sources:
1. https://www.northlincsweb.net/RAFElshamWolds/html/29_april_1968_-_5_sqn_raf_binbrook_-_english_electric_lightning_.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194559/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1968.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1960s
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20160406112837/http://www.lightning.org.uk/julaug05sotm.html
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77025222/alan_john-davey
7. https://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s-incident-logs#1968
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelsby
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2012 12:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Apr-2013 14:07 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2013 13:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jul-2013 00:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jan-2025 17:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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