ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55106
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| Date: | Thursday 5 July 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE |
| Registration: | XN922 |
| MSN: | B3-02-61 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on 5/7/1962 on take off from Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, due to the boundary layer control blow not being available due to a failure in the system. Attempted to take-off with an asymmetric external payload of 1 x 1000-lb bomb without 'Boundary Layer' blowing but in 'Blown' configuration. Swung off the runway at Boscombe Down, and wing sheared off
The aircraft struck the hangar offices of ‘D’ Squadron killing the observer (Lt. Gwyn Jones) and seriously injuring the pilot. A Mr P Wright, engineering officer in the offices at the time was also killed
On 22/02/1963 Wreckage transported by 'Mobile Aircraft Repair, Transport and Salvage' (MARTSU) to AIU Lee-on-Solent. Next move was on 11/06/1964, to Arbroath (HMS Condor) for 'Ground Instructional' use. For this, XN922 was transported by sea via Foxbury Point, RNAY Fleetlands. By July 1968 removed from Arbroath.
Wreckage moved to the Williamsons Brumley Brae Scrapyard at Quarrywood, Elgin, Scotland, in July 1971. It was still there as recently as 3 April 2011
Sources:
1. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S1_XN922_files/0_S1_XN922.html
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
4. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?111772-More-images-found-of-1970s-scrap-in-Quarrywood-Elgin&p=1797929#post1797929
5. http://buccsociety.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=helpwanted&action=print&num=1236088378
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul-2011 01:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2013 19:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2013 19:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2013 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2013 23:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 17:34 | Route | Updated [Operator] |
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