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| Date: | Thursday 16 July 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.16 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WJ771 |
| MSN: | 71344 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 miles S of Khartoum -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Nairobi |
| RAF Akrotiri |
Written off 16/07/1964: Disintegrated and crashed 15 miles south of Khartoum, Sudan after entering an active Cumulo-Nimbus cloud at 40,000 ft. Broke up in flight, possibly due to explosive decompression in turbulance. The three crew were killed
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1964.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 1960 | WT504 | 58 Sqn RAF | 0 | 12 miles NNE of RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 11 March 1968 | WJ770 | Royal Air Force - RAF | 3 | Sinopoli (RC) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2008 09:54 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jun-2008 10:28 | JINX | Updated |
| 09-Apr-2013 15:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2014 15:18 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 20-Jun-2015 21:31 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
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