ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55393
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 September 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XX735 |
| MSN: | S.32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eggebek Airbase (ETME) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tirstrup Air Base, Denmark |
Crashed during Exercise "Teamwork 76" (Simulated attack on Naval Airbase Eggebek). Crashed at Eggebeck, West Germany, after loss of control while climbing out from a bomb toss manoeuvre due to the selection of airbrakes instead of slats. The pilot (Flt Lt Geoff Shepherd) was killed.
Sources:
1. Jens Dürkop (eye-witness)
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1976.htm
4. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1045197/
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20170301083329/http://www.targetlock.org.uk:80/jaguar/production_uk.html
6. https://www.pprune.org/7591532-post98.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2011 13:21 | Whisky Papa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2011 13:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 02:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 04-Jul-2013 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Source] |
| 04-Jul-2013 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 20-Feb-2020 13:52 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2023 15:04 | EXFLM | Updated [[Operator, Location, Narrative]] |
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