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Date: | Sunday 18 November 1956 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 234 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XF945 |
MSN: | HABL/003113 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 15 miles SW of Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.4 XF945,["H"] 234 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 1/11/56 - Crashed at night 15 miles South West of Aachen, West Germany after the pilot - Flying Officer P.A. Marsh - ejected following engine failure. Engine flamed out at 20,000 feet, and would not re-light
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 34)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/371:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424492 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/35/S2851:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578631 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XF 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Mar-2012 20:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-Jun-2012 14:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
29-May-2013 13:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
22-Jan-2020 22:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Jun-2022 22:34 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |