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| Date: | Wednesday 28 April 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS938 |
| MSN: | 95271 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Firth of Tay, 12 miles E of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Crashed 28/4/1971 into Firth of Tay, 12 miles E of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, due to fuel fire after take off. Pilot, Flying Officer Scott McLean RAF ejected safely. Total Hours flown on airframe: 1,233h 45m.
(XS938 was the last production F Mk6, and was delivered to the RAF at Leuchars on 25th August 1967: became 'E' of 23 Squadron)
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20160324100552/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/BASES_RAF/Leuchars/raf_leuchars.htm
3. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1967/1967%20-%201763.PDF
4. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xs938.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s
Media:
Lightning F.6 XS938 as E/23 Sqn RAF at Leuchars on 17 July 1970
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2011 00:33 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 15-Mar-2012 15:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2013 12:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2013 03:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 19-May-2015 17:49 | Opietz | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2015 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2015 20:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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