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Date: | Thursday 3 October 1957 |
Time: | 19:30 UTC |
Type: | English Electric Canberra B Mk 6 |
Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WJ769 |
MSN: | 71277 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Idris, Tripoli -
Libya
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Idris, Tripoli, Libya |
Destination airport: | RAF Idris, Tripoli, Libya |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 01/10/1957: The pilot made a wheels-up landing at the side of the duty runway at RAF Idris, Tripoli, Libya after the port engine caught fire on take off. The navigator (Flying Officer A. S. Brown) and observer had ejected, but the pilot (Flight Lieutenant J F W Pembridge) stayed with the aircraft. No casualties were reported.
Struck off charge 04/11/1957 as Cat,5(G/I) for Ground instructional use; the forward fuselage was transported back to the UK to become instructional airframe to 7546M at RAF Binbrook.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.191 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 29)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.257
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/37/S2898:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578678 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 6.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194235/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1957.htm#oct 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito
History of this aircraft
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jun-2008 09:48 |
JINX |
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17-Jun-2008 10:38 |
JINX |
Updated |
19-Jan-2010 10:09 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
24-Feb-2011 14:59 |
harro |
Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Mar-2012 09:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
09-Apr-2013 03:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Jun-2013 13:36 |
gus |
Updated [Time] |
07-Dec-2020 00:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |