ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60747
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| Date: | Saturday 18 September 1965 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | 300 Sqn Indian Navy |
| Registration: | IN-185 |
| MSN: | 6306 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea, off Bombay (Mumbai) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Cruz |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Sea Hawk, 300 Squadron Indian Navy: Written off (destroyed) 18/9/65. Crashed into the sea, pilot Lt. Yashwant M. Bhide ejected
There is a story about this incident, and Lieutenant Yashwant Bhide, who was then with the 300 Squadron. During an exercise his Seahawk got into trouble off Bombay and he had to eject before the aircraft crashed. He spent a whole day and part of the night in the water and was eventually rescued by a fisherman and brought ashore at Versova.
Hastening to reassure his parents then living in Bombay-his father had retired from the ICS and was the Chairman of the Bank or an Insurance Company I believe - he called from a public telephone and told his rather who had come to the phone that he was all right but that the aircraft was a total write-off. His father is reported to have said, 'Your mother and I are happy to have you back; but tell me, was the plane insured or do I have to pay for it?'
Sources:
1. Bharat Rakshak
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20160423024448/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaHawk.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2011 13:54 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Mar-2013 02:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2013 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2018 17:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 06-Jan-2019 12:31 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2020 16:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2020 19:06 | TB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2024 19:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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