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| Date: | Thursday 18 July 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F1A |
| Owner/operator: | 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XM186 |
| MSN: | 95084 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering (EGXT) |
Spun into the ground after a high speed stall just after taking off from Wittering to give an aerobatic display. The pilot ejected but was too low and hit a tree.It exited from cloud tail down and rolled thereby directing ejecting pilot towards the ground. He was the first Lightning fatality. The Demo was for the Imperial Defence College.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194554/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1963.htm#jul
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1960s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2011 19:40 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Feb-2012 22:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2012 13:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2013 10:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 14-Jun-2013 07:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 04-Aug-2013 13:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 25-Jan-2021 21:29 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 27-Jan-2021 17:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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