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| Date: | Friday 28 January 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Supermarine Scimitar F Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 803 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XD316 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near HMS Ark Royal, in The South China Sea -
 Singapore
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal, South China Sea |
| HMS Ark Royal off Singapore |
Written off 28/1/1966: The pilot ejected into the South China Sea off Singapore while on approach to HMS Ark Royal during the Borneo Campaign. Control had been lost and the aircraft stalled due to loss of hydraulics on No.1 engine
Pilot - Sub Lt Zbigniew K. "Bush" Skrodzki - ejected at 300ft, and was picked up unhurt by HMS Ark Royal's "plane guard" SAR helicopter. The same pilot had to eject from an 803 NAS Scimitar a second time on 17/2/1966 - which see
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170801210127/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Scimitar.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170623235943/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/Scimitar.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2013 23:22 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 23-Feb-2014 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Feb-2020 15:59 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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