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| Date: | Monday 31 October 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XV348 |
| MSN: | B3-26-66 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glomfjorden -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bodo Nrway |
| RAF Honington, Suffolk (EGXH) |
Struck power cables and crashed into Glomfjord. The navigator ejected but the pilot was killed.
Crew later named as Lt. D. H. J. Owen (RN) (pilot - killed) and Flt. Lt. P. D. Locke (navigator - ejected safely)
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
2. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2_XV348_files/0_S2_XV348.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1977.htm
4. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1102516/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2011 01:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Feb-2012 12:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2013 01:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2013 01:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2017 18:11 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2018 19:24 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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