ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56556
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| Date: | Thursday 28 January 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A |
| Owner/operator: | 92 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XN772 |
| MSN: | 95125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Diepholz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gutersloh, Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
XN772; C/N 95125 ff Des de Villiers on 10-5-62 at BAC Samlesbury. To A&AEE Boscombe Down, 7-11-63; to Rolls-Royce 30-7-66 for Avon engine trials. Returned to BAC at Warton for F 2A conversion. 4-9-67; upon completion delivered to Gutersloh, 92 Squadron as ‘N’, 2-8-68.
Aircraft went into a spin at 36,000ft and could not be recovered. Crashed near Diepholz, West Germany. Pilot - Flying. Officer Hitchcock - ejected safely
Sources:
1. http://www.lightning.org.uk/f2f2a.php
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
3. http://sg-etuo.de/Squadrons/No92SquadronF2A?p=2
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421174917/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1971.htm
5. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xn772.html
6.http://www.sondengaenger-hunte-weser.de/lightning.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2008 11:25 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Dec-2011 23:31 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2012 14:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 18-Feb-2012 12:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2012 03:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2013 11:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2017 16:30 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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