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| Date: | Wednesday 23 September 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B |
| Owner/operator: | 237 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XW537 |
| MSN: | B3-06-70 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Battisford, near RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk (EGXH) |
| RAF Wattisham, Suffolk (EGUW) |
The aircraft stalled during a descending turn onto the approach to Wattisham, Suffolk. Both crew ejected and it crashed one mile short of the runway. Per a contemporary report:
"4 March 1982 also provided spotters some excitement when, while on 'bolthole' from nearby Honington, Buccaneer XW537 from 237 OCU stalled on finals and deposited itself, minus crew, neatly in two pieces in a field between the airfield and the village of Battisford"
Crew later named:
F/Lt. S. T. Logan and F/Lt. Southwold (RAF) Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200084.htm
2. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2B_XW537_files/0_S2B_XW537.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
4. http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/wattisham/partfive/partfive.htm
Media:
XW537 when with 16 Sqn between May 1977 and February 1980
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 12:04 | harro | Updated |
| 17-Jul-2011 01:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2013 12:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jul-2013 03:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2022 18:27 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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