Date:	Thursday 12 July 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F2 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	229 OCU RAF
Registration:	XB531
MSN:	284
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Chivenor, Devon -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Chivenor, Devon
Destination airport:	RAF Chivenor, Devon

Narrative:
XB531, Canadair CL-13 Sabre F.2 (F-86E), Ex-RCAF 19384. First flight on 5 July 1952.Transferred to RAF at St. Hubert, Quebec as Sabre F.2 XB531. Ferried to UK by RAF pilot as part of Operation "Leapfrog 2", fall of 1952. One of the first 3 Sabres to the RAF. Delivered to North Luffenham, used for initial RAF Sabre pilot training at the Overseas Ferry Unit, later named Ferry Transition Unit. Later with 229 Operational Conversion Unit. Not officially on RAF books until 4 December 1952.

Written off 12 July 1956, when crashed on landing at RAF Chivenor, Devon. Struck off charge 26 December 1957 as Cat.5(C) and reduced to spares and produce

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.181 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/results.php?serial=XB
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19351_19400_detailed.html
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2579: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4102289
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316150721/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/RAF-Sabres.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Aug-2012 09:49	Daniel Nole	Added
25-Jun-2013 20:08	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
25-Jun-2013 20:27	TB	Updated [Date, ]
14-Oct-2013 18:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Dec-2013 16:16	TB	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
31-Jan-2014 01:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2014 11:00	TB	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Feb-2017 00:31	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Nov-2018 20:59	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
29-Jan-2020 17:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
30-Jan-2020 05:39	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]