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Date: | Wednesday 5 November 1975 |
Time: | 16:11 UTC |
Type: | General Dynamics F-111E |
Owner/operator: | 20th TFW USAF |
Registration: | 68-0060 |
MSN: | A1-229/E-70 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 mi ESE of Boston, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed and destroyed November 5, 1975 in The Wash off Freiston, 5 nm ESE of Boston, Lincolnshire. During low-level flight over the Wainfleet Bombing Ranges, a bird (said to be a duck) penetrated the right windscreen. Both crew ejected; one major injury from the impact of the bird into one of the crew (the pilot). Pilot Capt James E. Stieber and WSO Capt Robert Gregory.
Sources:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1212394/ http://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/Mishaps/Mishap_Report_68-060.jpg http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm http://www.f-111.net/t_no_E.htm http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1968.html Images:
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Scotland. - 26th September 2009
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, Scotland. - 26th September 2009
Revision history:
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30-Jan-2013 18:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
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04-Feb-2013 13:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
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20-Jul-2015 23:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
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12-Aug-2015 14:14 |
TB |
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15-Feb-2016 21:29 |
Dr.John Smith |
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25-Dec-2019 09:40 |
stehlik49 |
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17-Jun-2020 17:38 |
Peter Clarke |
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17-Jun-2020 17:42 |
Peter Clarke |
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