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Date: | Tuesday 17 July 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WV392 |
MSN: | 41H-670838 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, 2 miles East of Filey, North Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.4 WV392: first flown 19/8/1955, delivered to the RAF 9/9/1955. RAF Service career was with 66 Squadron at RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire only
Written off (destroyed) 17/7/56: Engine failed over the North Sea during Air to Air firing detail. An "engine fire" warning prompted the pilot to eject. Aircraft crashed into the North Sea 2 miles east of Filey, North Yorkshire. Pilot - Flying Officer N. R. Williams - ejected safely from 35,000ft, and was rescued by a SAR Helicopter from RAF Leconfield.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.181 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 98)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.202
4. 66 Squadron ORB (Operational Records Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for period 1/1/56 to 31/8/60: File AIR 27/2792/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8430648 5.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170723045955/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1956.htm 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mardownload/@MAR_06_15.pdf 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Dec-2011 17:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2012 08:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
23-Jun-2020 21:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |