ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56583
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 23-JUL-1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XR765 |
| C/n / msn: | 95230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea, 30 miles E of Spurn Head, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Crashed into the North Sea, 50 miles NE of Binbrook, and 30 miles east of Spurn Head, Humberside, after double reheat fire during Exercise "Priory"; pilot - Flt. Lt. J. Wild - ejected safely. Wreckage recovered by Dutch trawler.
Sources:
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm
www.ukserials.com/losses-1981.htm
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xr765.html
http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 12:21 | harro | Updated |
| 13-Mar-2012 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2012 02:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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