ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155097
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Date: | Monday 13 July 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Swift FR.5 |
Owner/operator: | 79 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XD955 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
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:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/07/1959: Caught fire in flight over West Germany due to a hydraulic fluid failure. Landed back at Gütersloh but it was declared a write off; s.o.c. 14/08/1959 as CAT 5(C) and broken up for spare parts.
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1076 http://web.archive.org/web/20171123224900/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/swift/swift.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20170624000012/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Swift.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Apr-2013 02:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
27-May-2013 21:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
28-Oct-2019 20:04 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
05-Nov-2019 22:16 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
05-Feb-2020 11:32 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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