ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56583
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| Date: | Thursday 23 July 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XR765 |
| MSN: | 95230 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 30 miles E of Spurn Head, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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 some three months later
Sources:
1. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm
2. www.ukserials.com/losses-1981.htm\
3. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xr765.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]l
5. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19810723_xr765.pdf
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] |
| 03-Jun-2013 17:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 03-Jun-2013 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2014 16:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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