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| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning T Mk.5 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS455 |
| MSN: | 95015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 10 miles N of Spurn Head, Humberside. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
Abandoned after hydraulic failure, and crashed into the North Sea 10 miles north of Spurn Point, 6-9-72 during aerobatic sortie. Sqn Ldr Gauvin and Lt Verist (Belgian air force) ejected but both injured. Hours flown 1085 hours 50 min.
Sources:
1. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170221220156/http://lightning.org.uk/histt5.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170531092840/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1972.htm
4. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xs455.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2008 11:42 | harro | Updated |
| 29-Sep-2011 21:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Sep-2011 21:28 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 12-Mar-2012 19:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Sep-2012 02:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 15-Jun-2013 09:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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