Date:	Thursday 24 February 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	26 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XB623
MSN:	426
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Oldenburg, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oldenburg, West Germany (ETNO)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19526 marked, became XB623 in RAF service. First flight on 6 January 1953. Delivered 4 May 1953. Used by No. 26 Squadron at Oldenburg, Germany, coded "Q".

Crashed on 26 April 1955, struck a snow bank while taking off from Oldenburg. Swung to starboard during a formation take off from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany. The pilot did not correct it and the starboard wing struck a snow bank causing the nose wheel to collapse

Deemed as "damaged beyond economic repair". Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 1 July 1955, and broken up as spares and produce (scrap) at Oldenburg in 1955

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 65)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19501_19550_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Aug-2012 13:03	Daniel Nole	Added
26-Jun-2013 14:13	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Country, Source, Damage]
25-Dec-2013 18:44	TB	Updated [Date, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Dec-2013 18:47	TB	Updated [Country]
28-Jan-2020 18:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 22:42	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]