ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21119
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Date: | Thursday 24 November 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Canberra B.6 |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WJ759 |
MSN: | 71267 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tarhuna Bombing Ranges, 40 miles SE of Tripoli -
Libya
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 24/11/1960: Dived into the ground while recovering from a practice LABS (Low Altitude Bombing S ytems) bombing run at Tarhuna** bombing ranges, Libya. The three crew were killed. Pilot was F/O Pratley
(**Tarhuna (Tarhoona or Tarhunah) is a Libyan town 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the southeast of Tripoli, in the Murqub District)
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578776?descriptiontype=Full http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm http://www.raf-butterworth-penang-association.co.uk/PDF/Issue%2030%20Summer%202011%20updated%20copy.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarhuna http://web.archive.org/web/20110423051515/http://www.no9squadronassociation.org/main.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jun-2008 09:31 |
JINX |
Added |
17-Jun-2008 10:32 |
JINX |
Updated |
09-Apr-2013 01:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Aug-2015 18:31 |
tonymaskrey |
Updated [Narrative] |
03-Nov-2018 19:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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