ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56586
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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning T.4 |
| Owner/operator: | 92 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XM968 |
| MSN: | 95053 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh (GUT/ETUO) |
| RAF Gütersloh (G) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Abandoned after hydraulic failure, and crashed near Gütersloh, Germany. Both crew - Squadron Leader Lawrence, and Squadron Leader G. Granville-White - ejected safely
Correct spelling of my fathers name is Squadron Leader Mike Lawrance.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histp11t4.htm]
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194604/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1977.htm
4. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xm968.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1977.htm
6. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/205536-low-lightning.html
7. http://www.92sqdn.brushhouse.co.uk/planes/light07.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2011 22:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2012 15:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2012 12:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 04-Jul-2013 23:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Jul-2013 23:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country] |
| 28-Oct-2019 19:27 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 11:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2020 12:33 | wila | Updated [Narrative] |
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