Date:	Friday 3 March 1967
Time:	14:00
Type:	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3
Owner/operator:	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF
Registration:	XP699
MSN:	95153
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Finchingfield, 2 miles north of Wethersfield, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk (EGUW)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
First flown by Des de Villiers 2-9-63 at BAC Samlesbury. To A&AEE Boscombe Down, 10-4-64; to Wheelus Air Force Base, Libya, on F 3 Tropical Trials. To 56 Squadron, RAF Wattisham, code letter 'O'.

Crashed at Finchingfield, 2 miles north of Wethersfield, Essex, 3-3-67, on a flight from Wattisham. Pilot, Flying Officer Stuart Pearse ejected safely. Total flights 367, hours flown 299h 30m.

1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/682: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070692 [AIB and RAF reports and proceedings of Board of Inquiry]
2. Lightning Eject: The Dubious Safety Record of Britain's Only Supersonic Fighter By Peter Caygill
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm
4. http://www.macksaviation.com/LightningProduction.php?show=XP699
5. http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.html
6. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xp699.html
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20171102103253/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1967.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1960s
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finchingfield

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Feb-2012 14:51	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Apr-2013 13:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
27-May-2013 05:53	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
30-Jul-2013 19:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Nov-2020 22:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]