Mid-air collision Accident Hawker Hunter F Mk 6 IF-12,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47888
 
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Date:Saturday 29 March 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic HUNT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Hunter F Mk 6
Owner/operator:350 Sqn Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: IF-12
MSN: 8756
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Sylt, North Frisian Islands, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Sylt (GWT/EDXW)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
IF12 c/n 8756 Line-Nr.: T105 Build Nr.: AF98 Build by: Fairey
31/10/57: taken on charge
02/12/57: 9W-22Sqn, Bieset (IS-K)
00/00/58: 7W-8Sqn, Chièvres
00/00/58: 1W-350Sqn, Chièvres
29/03/58: Written off (cat.5) in a flying accidfent. Mid-air collision with Hunter IF40 during a an exercise at Sylt (Germany). Pilot, 1Sgt. Louis Van Mol (of 350 Squadron), missing and presumed killed. After a three day search the rescque mission was called off, in June of that year some wreckage was found in the nets of Belgian fishermen in the North Sea off the German Coast.
29/03/58: Struck of charge (tt: 054:40 hrs)

Sources:

http://belmilac.wetpaint.com/page/Part+1%3A+IF1+-+IF25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylt_Airport

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
24-Mar-2012 09:06 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2012 02:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
21-Nov-2012 12:23 Anon. Updated [Time, Source, Damage]
06-Sep-2013 11:56 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type]
13-Jan-2020 16:42 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]

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