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| Date: | Wednesday 4 February 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-111F |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 72-1441 |
| MSN: | E2-71/F-71 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | East Wretham, near Thetford, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) |
| RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk (LKZ/EGUL) |
Crashed and destroyed on final approach to Lakenheath, at East Wretham, near Thetford, Norfolk, 8 miles short of the runway at Lakenheath. Pilot CAPT Barry E. Horne and WSO CAPT Larry P. Apel ejected and survived.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1972.html
http://htka.hu/static/cikkek/F-111/acftdata.pdf
http://www.f-111.net/t_no_F.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2013 19:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Feb-2013 12:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 12-Aug-2015 14:19 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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