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| Date: | Friday 24 July 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) |
| Registration: | XX916 |
| MSN: | B.37 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 nm west of Hartland Point, Devon, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down (EGDM) |
Whilst engaged in NAVWASS trials, crashed into the Bristol Channel twelve miles off Hartland Point, Devon after a bird strike which shattered the canopy. Both crew ejected but the navigator (Flt Lt S. Sparkes) drowned
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200083.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
3. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=280
4. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1030130/
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XX
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 11:52 | harro | Updated |
| 05-Jul-2011 00:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 17:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 18:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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