Date:	Thursday 17 September 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	67 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XB683
MSN:	469
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	6 miles from Liège -   Belgium
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (EDUW)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19569 marked, became XB683 in RAF service. First flight on 4 February 1953. Delivered 7 April 1953. Used by No. 67 Squadron in Germany, coded "W". Based at RAF Wildenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Crashed while with this Squadron, pilot ejected from a spin near Liege, Belgium on 17 September 1953. During a steep climb the pilot removed his helmet to put on his sunglasses. The nose pitched up and his helmet fell between the stick and the console. He was unable to control the aircraft properly and ejected. Sabre XB683 crashed six miles from Liege, ‎Wallonia, Belgium. Pilot Flight Lt Wilson ejected after loss of control.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.150 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 11)
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316150721/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/RAF-Sabres.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1953.htm
5. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19551_19600_detailed.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-May-2013 17:04	Dr. John Smith	Added
25-Jun-2013 19:55	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 21:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 22:37	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
06-Nov-2022 11:19	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]