ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 256752
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| Date: | Friday 4 December 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American F-86F-25-NA Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | 513th FBSqn /406th FBGp USAF |
| Registration: | 51-13484 |
| MSN: | 172-415 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ash Village, 3 miles west of Sandwich, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American F-86F-25-NA Sabre 51-13484, 513th FBS, 406th FBG, USAF: Written off (destroyed) 12/4/1953 when stalled and crashed at Ash Village, 3 miles west of Sandwich, Kent, England. Pilot - named as John A Heurter, USAF - was killed.
As reported in a contemporary local newspaper ("East Kent Times - Saturday 05 December 1953):
"SECOND JET CRASH
Pilot killed in Ash orchard
For the second time in three days, a U.S.A.F. Sabre jet aircraft has crashed, killing its pilot.
The first was on Wednesday, when a landing Sabre crashed into a field 300 yards from Manston Airfield boundary. The second disaster occurred just before noon Yesterday (Friday) when the aircraft, which was believed to have been with others engaged in a routine training flight, plunged into an orchard on the outskirts of Ash village, near Sandwich.
The owner of the land, Mr. C. R. Pratt, discovered the wrecked plane and within a short time fire-tenders and crash crews had raced to the spot from the U.S.A.F. Base at Manston. Wreckage was confined to a small area and fire broke out in the crippled machine, but did not completely destroy it.
Up to the time of going to press, the name of the dead pilot had not been disclosed".
Ash is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of east Kent about three miles west of Sandwich. The other incident referred to in the above newspaper report is the crash of F-86F 51-13509 on 2.12.1953 (see separate entry)
Sources:
1. East Kent Times - Saturday 5 December 1953
2. http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/f86f-sabre_512850-5113510.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manston#USAF_use
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/513th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron#Air_defense_in_Europe
5. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listpages/airforce/asp/AF_Monthly_1953.asp
6. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=20355.0
7. http://www.accident-report.com/world/europe/uk/uk53.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash,_Dover_District
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2021 18:53 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2021 14:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2021 14:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2021 14:08 | Vicktor | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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