ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54999
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| Date: | Sunday 16 May 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 12879 |
| MSN: | 683A-1179 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | In Irish Sea, on radar approach to Ailsa Craig -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Prestwick, Scotland (EGPK) |
| Prestwick, Scotland (EGPK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Taken on RCAF charge 12 March 1963. With No. 422 (ST/A) Squadron at Baden-Soellingen, Germany from May 1963. Crashed on 16 May 1965. Had completed overhaul at Scottish Aviation, and was under acceptance test by the Central Experimental and Proving Establish (CEPE) detachment at Prestwick at the time of the crash. Struck the Irish Sea, 5 NM off Stranraer, Scotland, during a low altitude radar test, Flt Lt I.W. McKnight killed.
Struck off charge 7 June 1965
Sources:
1. I departed the Aircraft and was awaiting its return.
2. Starfighter, Retrospective of Canadian CF-104 1961-1986, David L. Bashow. ISBN 0-919195-12-1 (Pg 34)
3. http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_12851_12900_detailed.html
4. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002772?Ian%20William%20McKnight
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2010 09:16 | Benny Hall | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2011 04:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2013 00:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2013 01:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2014 08:27 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Oct-2014 09:29 | Unites | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Apr-2016 06:22 | yukonjack | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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