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| Date: | Tuesday 16 February 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B(I)Mk 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WT334 |
| MSN: | 71474 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 mi N of RAF Nordhorn Range -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Laarbruch |
Spiralled into the ground out of cloud while recovering from a bombing run on the Nordhorn Range (Klausheide). 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.
Sources:
Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/428: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424549
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
6. https://sites.google.com/site/raflaarbruch/home/toedliche-abstuerze
Revision history:
| 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, ] |
| 15-May-2025 16:44 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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