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| Date: | Thursday 22 January 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Empire Test Pilot's School (ETPS) |
| Registration: | XL579 |
| MSN: | HABL003317 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Winterbourne Gunner, near Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
Hunter XL579: Written off 22/01/1976: Crashed at Winterborne Gunner after total engine failure while on the downwind leg to land at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire due to foreign object ingestion.
Crew:
Lt. Cdr. W. Honour (USN) and Cdr. D. Kemp (USN) - ejected late but just within seat envelope, and both received major injuries
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1976.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20170818194916/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1976.htm#jan
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Apr-2013 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Jun-2022 12:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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