ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21111
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| Date: | Monday 19 June 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WJ753 |
| MSN: | 71219 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Marham, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 19/06/1978: Engines spooled up unevenly following mishandling after "punchy" run and break over RAF Marham, Norfolk. Aircraft became severely assymetric and Right wing struck the ground to the left of runway in an almost vertical bank. Aircraft cartwheeled on impact.
During the ensuing cartwheel, the cockpit section was removed from the fuselage, breaking between the pilot and navigator's seats. The pilot suffered serious leg injuries but the two rear crew were miraculously relatively unscathed
Struck Off Charge as Cat 5(c) four days later (23/06/1978). The remains went to RAF Marham's fire dump where and was still extand in September 1979 carrying the code "L".
Sources:
Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983, p.61)
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/242732-canberra-wj753.html
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?56556-Canberra-WJ753
http://web.archive.org/web/20170723045927/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/BASES_RAF/Marham/raf_marham.htm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61822639@N06/8376392252/
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1228336/
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1978.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2008 22:02 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jun-2008 10:24 | JINX | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2009 21:07 | Anon. | Updated |
| 09-Apr-2013 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:38 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Jul-2015 13:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 13-Jul-2021 07:08 | Rick | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2022 11:09 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2022 15:51 | KRC | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2023 20:54 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Narrative]] |
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