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Date: | Tuesday 1 May 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.1 |
Owner/operator: | 890 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | XJ528 |
MSN: | 10037 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Manilla Bay, South China Sea, off the coast of the Philippines -
Philippines
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal, off the Philippines |
Destination airport: | HMS Ark Royal, off the Philippines |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DH Sea Vixen XJ528 ("R-243" of 890 Sqn FAA RN) was written off 1/5/1962, when, during a night interception exercise off HMS Ark Royal the pilot felt an explosion while at 2,000 feet. Both crew - Lt. D. H. Ross (observer) and Lt. R. H. Burns (pilot) - ejected when the aircraft went out of control, and it crashed into the South China Sea at Manilla Bay, off the Philippines and was not recovered. The crew were rescued by the USS Caliente
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20120622210245/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaVixen.htm 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/seavixenpics/xj528.jpg]
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.seavixen.org/squadrons/correlation-squadrons-ships/890-sqn-to-hms-ark-royal-1961-1963]
5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Bay
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 February 1961 |
XJ527 |
890 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Straits of Singapore, 25 miles off Horsburgh Light House, Tengah |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Oct-2013 17:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Feb-2021 11:51 |
mross999 |
Updated [Narrative] |