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| Date: | Tuesday 19 February 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Blackburn Aircraft Ltd |
| Registration: | XN952 |
| MSN: | B3-07-62 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire |
Crashed and destroyed 19/2/1963: Control was lost following a low altitude bombing manoeuvre at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. It rolled, stalled and spun onto the airfield. Both crew ejected moments before impact but were killed when they fell back into the fire and explosion from the aircraft
Crew killed were Mr Gartrell Richard Ian 'Sailor' Parker DFC* AFC DSM (Blackburns Deputy Chief Test Pilot, ejected as aircraft hit the ground) and Mr Gordon R. C. Copeman (Senior Flight Test Observer ejected at 300 feet but landed in wreckage of aircraft). Both were civilian employees of Blackburn Aircraft Ltd.
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/S1_XN952_files/0_S1_XN952.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
4. http://thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=270
5. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=223794071079440&story_fbid=301369956655184
6. http://cars-galerysport.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/gartrell-richard-ian-parker-dfc-afc-dsm.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2011 00:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jul-2011 00:55 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2013 11:22 | M C Hall | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2013 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2014 19:37 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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