ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58288
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 17-MAY-1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F.Mk.6 |
| Operator: | 93 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XG258 |
| C/n / msn: | 41H/680058 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bitburg -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Bitburg, Germany |
Delivered to 93 Squadron as 'B', and was the No 4 aircraft in the "Fleche D'Or" (the 93 Squadron Formation Aerobatic team).
Crashed and destroyed 17-05-1958 when flew into the ground at Bitburg airbase, West Germany during a formation aerobatic display rehearsal and when recovering from a "bomb burst" manouvre, killing the pilot, Flying Officer Dandy Danderson
Cat 5 Damage - Struck Off Charge 18-05-1958
Sources:
http://www.rafjever.org/93squadaircraft.htm
www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Mar-2012 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2012 08:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2013 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2013 19:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
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