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| Date: | Friday 29 November 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC Lightning F52 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force |
| Registration: | 52-658 |
| MSN: | 95150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Khamis Mushayt -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia |
XN797; C/No. 95150. First flown by T.M.S. Ferguson 5-9-63 at BAC Samlesbury. To 33 MU, RAF Lyneham, 4-10-63; never allocated to an RAF squadron. Bought by the BAC for Saudi Arabian contract. To Warton, 28-4-66; to Royal Saudi Arabian AF as 52-658, later 52-611, 22-7-66.
Crashed 29-11-68 at Khamis Mushayt - stalled when practising single-engine approaches. Major S. Ghimlas killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160304001833/http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf2f2a.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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