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| Date: | Tuesday 8 September 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.(I) 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 88 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WT335 |
| MSN: | 71481 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hochneukirch -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wildenrath |
Crashed between Hochneukirch and Wickrath, south of Reydt, after it rolled at low altitude and flew into the ground. Pilot Flying Officer May and navigator Flying Officer Clive Aubrey Deakin.
Per the Squadron ORB: "Day low-level cross country. Aircraft seen to alter course for its turning point, roll onto its back and hit ground with wingtip during recovery. Possible foul of port throttle by spanner causing asymmetric thrust at low speed and inducing roll".
Three spanners were found in the wreckage which could have caused the jamming of throttles/ controls.
Sources:
1. http://rafforum.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=46291&p=3&topicID=43244062
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?95142-Canberra-B(I)8-WT-335
4. http://www.infanteriezug-hochneukirch.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=211
5. http://wolfmansmemories.jimdo.com/verluste-losses/
Honnefer Volkszeitung 9 September 1959, p4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2013 22:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Apr-2013 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 13-Apr-2013 07:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 28-Sep-2013 09:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-May-2025 16:57 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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