Incident Supermarine Swift FR Mk 5 XD957,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155093
 
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Date:Thursday 27 November 1958
Time:
Type:Supermarine Swift FR Mk 5
Owner/operator:79 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: XD957
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gütersloh (GUT/ETUO)
Destination airport:RAF Gütersloh (G)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Badly damaged at Gütersloh, West Germany 27/11/1958. It was sent for repairs, but these were not carried out (repairs abandoned, struck off charge as Cat.5(s) 20/10/1959) and the aircraft was scrapped: sold on 27/06/1960 at No.23 MU Aldergrove as scrap to H.H. Bushell of Birmingham.

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1076
http://web.archive.org/web/20170624000012/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Swift.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Apr-2013 01:53 Dr. John Smith Added
27-May-2013 21:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
26-Jun-2014 23:12 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
31-Oct-2018 14:55 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
28-Oct-2019 20:05 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
05-Nov-2019 22:16 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 11:31 stehlik49 Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator]

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