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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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tarhuna Bombing Ranges, 40 miles SE of Tripoli -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
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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