ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144563
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Date: | Thursday 21 August 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 6 |
Owner/operator: | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XF448 |
MSN: | S4/U/3329 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, off Winterton, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 21/08/1958: Dived into the North Sea off Winterton, Norfolk when recovering from a loop during a tail chase. Pilot (Flt Lt Nicholas Tester) was killed, and the wreckage was never found or recovered.
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm http://74squadron.org.uk/Newsletters/Tiger%20News%2047%20for%20website.pdf http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/documents/Journal%2035%20-%20Seminar%20-%20Supply.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Mar-2012 05:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
17-Aug-2012 03:13 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
16-Apr-2013 13:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
18-Jul-2021 09:25 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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