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Date: | Thursday 2 February 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB Mk 9 |
Owner/operator: | 28 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WG850 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Sek Kong -
Hong Kong
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Sek Kong, Hong Kong |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 2.2.1956: Hit bird on run in to break, landed safely at Sek Kong, Hong Kong, but not repaired. Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 20.7.1956
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950_-_1959_16.html]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/birds/birdstrikes.htm]
Serious birdstrike-related accidents to military aircraft of Europe and Israel: list and analysis of circumstances / W. John Richardson (Published in International 8ird Strike Committee Proceedings and Papers 23) Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jun-2008 15:46 |
JINX |
Added |
17-Jul-2010 12:36 |
harro |
Updated [Source] |
13-Mar-2013 23:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Apr-2013 21:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
10-Jan-2020 21:58 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |