Date:	Thursday 22 August 1957
Time:	afternoon
Type:	Supermarine Swift FR Mk 5
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XD910
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	4 mi W of Aachen -   Germany
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Netherlands
Destination airport:	RAF Geilenkirchen

Narrative:
Crashed into the side of a hill. Pilot Flight Lieutenant Richard GREENHALGH (27/Service Number 582554) was killed. It was only the third time he had flown a Supermarine Swift. One source states that the cockpit canopy detached in flight and hit the pilot - which presumably incapacitated him, causing the aircraft to roll out of control

Honnefer Volksblatt 23 August 1957, p3
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 21)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/391: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424512
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/37/S2891: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578671
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20171123224900/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/swift/swift.htm
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20170624000012/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Swift.html
8. http://www.rafjever.org/2squadaircraft.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Apr-2013 01:03	Dr. John Smith	Added
23-Jan-2020 21:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Jan-2020 22:45	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator, ]
24-Jun-2022 22:34	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
14-May-2025 18:27	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]