ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147993
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| Date: | Thursday 3 June 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
| Owner/operator: | 130 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XB648 |
| MSN: | 755 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Brüggen, Elmpt, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brüggen, North Rhine-Westphalia (BGN/EDUR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ordered for RCAF as Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre 19855: First flight 30.9.1953. Diverted to RAF before delivery on 10.11.1953 as "XD103". Re-serialled XB648 before issued to service to RAF Germany.
On 3.6.1954, the port tyre bust on take off from Bruggen, Elmpt, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany causing the aircraft to veer onto the grass. The pilot tried to raise the undercarriage but only the nose wheel retracted causing extensive damage to the nose
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.159 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 11)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19851_20109_detailed.htm
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316150721/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/RAF-Sabres.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2012 23:51 | Daniel Nole | Added |
| 26-Jun-2013 14:39 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Country, Source, Damage] |
| 30-Jan-2014 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2014 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2014 15:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2014 09:54 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2014 11:05 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 05-Sep-2017 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 09:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 28-Jan-2020 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2020 22:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Mar-2021 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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