Date:	Tuesday 16 February 1960
Time:	day
Type:	English Electric Canberra B(I)Mk 8
Owner/operator:	16 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WT334
MSN:	71474
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 miles N of RAF Nordhorn Range, GB, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Laarbruch, (G)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
EE Canberra B(I)8 WT334, 16 Squadron, RAF: Crashed and destroyed 16/02/1960. Spiralled into the ground out of cloud while recovering from a bombing run on the Nordhorn Range, Lower Saxony, West Germany. Aircraft was recovering from a LABS (Low-Altitude Bombing System) loop, and came down three miles north of the Nordhorn Ranges. Both crew (Flying Officer Michael Watts and Flight Lt. Graham Byford) were killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.201 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 94)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/428: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424549
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
6. https://sites.google.com/site/raflaarbruch/home/toedliche-abstuerze
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945#1960s
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2009 11:55	ASN archive	Added
11-Apr-2013 22:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Apr-2013 07:16	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
27-Jan-2020 20:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2020 20:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Narrative]
27-Jan-2020 20:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
27-Jan-2020 22:38	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
08-Jun-2022 21:16	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
25-Jun-2022 04:11	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]