ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56601
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| Date: | Thursday 14 December 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning T4 |
| Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XM974 |
| MSN: | 95074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Happisburgh, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into the North Sea, off Happisburgh, Norfolk, 14/12/72, when both reheats and one engine caught fire. Both crew - Flt Lt Spencer and Plt Off Evans - ejected safely. Total hours 1,753.
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%202752.htm
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histp11t4.htm]
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170531092840/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1972.htm
4. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xm974.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1972.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2008 11:44 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Mar-2012 19:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2013 13:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 31-Jul-2015 17:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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