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Date: | Monday 22 March 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
Owner/operator: | 67 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XB600 |
MSN: | 407 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (EDUW) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: RCAF serial 19507 assigned when this aircraft was ordered, but diverted to the RAF before completion. RAF Serial XB600 allocated. First flight on 12 January 1953. Delivered 16 March 1953. Used by No. 67 Squadron at Wildenrath, Germany, coded "W".
Destroyed in a wheels up landing at RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, on 22 March 1954, following an electrical failure shortly after take-off. Landed wheels-up back at base, and deemed to have been damaged beyond economical repair. Struck off charge as Cat.5(c)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.156 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-1954.htm 4.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19501_19550_detailed.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Aug-2012 13:11 |
Daniel Nole |
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25-Jun-2013 18:11 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2020 17:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Jan-2020 22:39 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |