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Date: | Tuesday 3 May 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
Owner/operator: | 234 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XB615 |
MSN: | 418 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile from Puffendorf, Baesweiler, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany (ETNG) |
Destination airport: | RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany (ETNG) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Canadair CL-13 (F86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19518 marked, became XB615 in RAF service. First flight on 31 December 1952. Delivered 4 May 1953. Used by No. 234 Squadron in Germany, coded "H".
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3 May 1955: Belly landed in a field after engine failure, 1 mile from Puffendorf, Baesweiler, district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany after the engine had flamed out while on approach to RAF Geilenkirchen. The engine had suffered fuel starvation due to drop tank feed failure.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.1 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-1955.htm 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baesweiler 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jul-2012 21:57 |
Daniel Nole |
Added |
21-Dec-2013 17:24 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2020 18:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2020 22:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
24-Jun-2022 22:48 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |