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Date: | Tuesday 5 July 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
Owner/operator: | 112 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XB950 |
MSN: | 737 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | one mile east of Heerlen, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bruggen, West Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19837 marked, became XB950. First flight on 11 September 1953. Delivered 10 November 1953, initially with incorrect serial XB974 (the "real" XB974 was ex-RCAF 19850, c/no. 750). Several CL-13 (F-86E) Sabres F.Mk.4s had up to FOUR serials: one USAF, one RCAF, and two RAF "XB" serials - the latter being due to an initial administrative error.
As XB950, operated by No. 112 Squadron at Bruggen, Germany, coded "S" from 29 March 1954. Written off (destroyed) when crashed in RAF service on 5 July 1955: aircraft exploded after severe fuel leak into engine compressor. Aircraft went into a dive, cleared a row of houses, then crashed one mile east of Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands killing the pilot, Flying Officer Mike J Smith
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.172 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2.
http://www.rafjever.org/112squadaircraft.htm 3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/285:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424406 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2766:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578546 5.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19801_19850_detailed.htm 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm 7.
http://www.rafjever.org/sharepast.htm#SmithM 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heerlen Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2011 20:03 |
Daniel Nole |
Added |
30-Apr-2011 13:21 |
Daniel Nole |
Updated [Date] |
26-Jun-2013 12:13 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage] |
26-Jun-2013 15:58 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage] |
15-Jan-2020 01:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jan-2020 01:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
15-Jan-2020 10:51 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |