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| Date: | Monday 29 April 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 98 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WJ719 |
| MSN: | 71239 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Samsun, Old Airport (SSX) -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Samsun, Old Airport (SSX) |
Written off 29/04/1963: Damaged when undercarriage retracted while taxying at Samsum, Tukey.
Flown to RAF Station Laarbruch, Germany with the underccarriage locked down for repairs, but assessed as beyond economic repair, and struck off charge 25/06/1963 as Cat.5(c)
Consigned to the Laarbruch dump for fire fighting/crash rescue trraining
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
http://www.rafjever.org/98squadhistory3.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=989
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1954 | WJ720 | 40 Sqn RAF | 3 | Great Wood, North Elmham, near East Dereham, Norfolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2008 21:30 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jun-2008 10:28 | JINX | Updated |
| 02-Oct-2011 17:24 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2012 04:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 14:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2013 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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