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Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
Owner/operator: | 234 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XB819 |
MSN: | 573 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 4 miles ENE of Jülich, district of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany (ETNG) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19673 marked, became XB819 in RAF service. First flight on 22 April 1953. Loaned back to the RCAF before passing to RAF, used by No. 414 Squadron. Taken on strength by RCAF 11 May 1953. Struck off by RCAF 1 December 1953. Taken on strength by the RAF on 1 March 1954. Used by No. 234 Squadron in Germany, coded "Z".
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 June 1954 in a forced landing four miles East North East of Jülich, district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany after the engine failed due to a fuel leak. The pilot survived
Struck off charge 30 June 1954 as Cat.5(c) and broken up as spares and produce (scrap)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.160 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 10)
3.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm 4.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19651_19700_detailed.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB 6. Photo of wreckage:
http://www.coldwarshield.co.uk/downloads/volume_two/ColdWarShieldVolumeTwoPage297.pdf 7.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
08-Jul-2009 21:58 |
angels one five |
Updated |
21-Aug-2013 06:39 |
angels one five |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Location] |
27-Dec-2013 18:01 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2020 22:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2020 22:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
30-Jan-2020 05:34 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |