ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155574
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| Date: | unk. date 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter FGA.76A |
| Owner/operator: | SDRAF (Somalia Democratic Republic Air Force) |
| Registration: | CC-704 |
| MSN: | 41H-670848 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berbera, NW Berbera District, Woqooyi Galbeed Province -
 Somalia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Baidoa, Somalia |
| Berbera, Somalia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Hunter F.4 WV402: first flown 06/09/1955, delivered 07/10/1955. RAF service with 222 Squadron and 229 OCU.
Struck off charge 28/08/68 upon sale to Hawker Siddeley Aircraft. Ferried to Dunsfold in "Class B" civil markings as G-9-247. To Abu Dhabi Air Force 704 on 05/12/1970.
Transferred to Somalia as CC-704 by September/October 1983. Written off in combat operations in 1990. Crashed onto the runway whilst on final approach whilst attempting to land at Berbera, Woqooyi Galbeed Province, Somalia. The wingtip clipped the runway, and he aircraft cartwheeled into the ground. The pilot (Major Khalif, SDRAF - a Somalia national) was killed
(**Berbera (Somali: Barbara, Arabic: بربرة) is a city in the northwestern Berbera District of Somalia.
It is situated in the Woqooyi Galbeed province in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia. The city is also home to a long runway, where this crash took place, built by the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s and from the 1980s onward was designated by NASA as an emergency landing strip for the U.S. Space Shuttle)
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbera
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2013 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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