Date:	Wednesday 17 June 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	Sabre Conversion Flt RAF
Registration:	XB676
MSN:	462
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase:	Standing
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: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19562 marked, became XB676 in RAF service. First flight on 3 February 1953. Delivered 7 April 1953. Used by the Sabre Conversion Flight at RAF Wildenrath, Germany.

Damaged beyond repair on 17 June 1953: Caught fire after oxygen cylinder exploded during maintenance at RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia. The explosion started a fire, which the oxygen cylinder fed, and Sabre XB676 was fire damaged as a result, to the extent that it was deemed as "beyond economical repair". Struck off charge 11 February 1954 as Cat.5(c) and broken up as spares and produce (scrap)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.145 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 11)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1953.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19551_19600_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-May-2013 16:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-May-2013 14:42	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
25-Jun-2013 19:18	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 20:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jan-2020 05:43	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]