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| Date: | Friday 20 March 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F4 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | WV410 |
| MSN: | 41H-670856 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Taw, near RAF Chivenor, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Devon |
| RAF Chivenor, Devon |
Came to rest in the river Taw after overshooting and running through the sea wall on landing at Chivenor, Devon. The aircraft disintegrated when it hit the sea wall, but the Iraqi pilot was only slightly hurt. He was the same pilot that was in the incident on 23/02/1957, when he made a wheels-up landing at Chivenor in Hunter F.4 WV400 (which see)
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2012 15:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
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