ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21106
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| Date: | Thursday 2 August 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 231 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | WJ674 |
| MSN: | HP218B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Woodbine Farm, North Witham, 1.5 miles NE of Cottesmore, Rutland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Cottesmore, Leicestershire (EGXJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 2/8/1973: Yawed during a practice asymmetric approach to RAF Cottesmore, Leicestershire. The crew ejected, the aircraft crashed into a field off the A1 road, east of The Fox public house, near Woodbine Farm in North Witham parish, one and a half miles north east of RAF Cottesmore. The pilots chute did not deploy and he was killed. Pilot later named as Flt. Lt. D.J. Dennis. Flt. Lt. T.M. Murray (Navigator).
Per eyewitness report: "I was a rigger on 231 OCU at that time,from memory it was a Staff Navigator (Max M ?) whom I seem to recall felt the aircraft roll and buffet - then called 'eject' to the student. He thought the pilot had ejected safely and I think landed near the 'The Fox' on the A1 and 'popped in' for a drink (who could blame him?) Unfortunately the aircraft had either rolled too far or was too low for a safe ejection for the pilot, comparatively slow ejection sequence on a Canberra. We were all absolutely gutted by it."
And another eyewitness account:
"I was a member of the crash and smash team from 71 MU, RAF Bicester that recovered the remains of Canberra WJ674 (231 OCU) in early Aug 73. It came to rest in a field just East of the A1 on the approach to RAF Cottesmore. We had to dig up the engines as they were completely buried."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.61)
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421174927/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1973.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Witham#History
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1973.htm
5. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/269642-canberra-hours-3.html
6. http://radfanhunters.co.uk/Eastleigh-Embakasi/WJ674_Eastleigh_08-63_RD.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2008 21:18 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jun-2008 10:24 | JINX | Updated |
| 09-Sep-2012 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 19:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 07:05 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 29-Jul-2015 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 17:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 21:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-May-2020 19:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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