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Date: | Tuesday 14 August 1956 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 67 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XF290 |
MSN: | HABL003051 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Brüggen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Brüggen, West Germany (EDUR) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.4 XF290 ["F"] 67 Squadron: Written off (destroyed) 14/8/56 - Engine failed shortly after a night take-off from RAF Brüggen, West Germany. Pilot - Lt. M. V. Maina - ejected from an altitude of 670 feet
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 27)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/352:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424473 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XF 5.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170723045955/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1956.htm 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 7.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Dec-2011 17:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2012 08:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
21-Jan-2020 20:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |