ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55306
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| Date: | Thursday 14 June 1962 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Handley Page Victor B.1A |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XH613 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, 5 miles NE of RAF Cottesmore -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (EGXJ) |
| RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (EGXJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 14/6/1962, whilst approaching RAF Cottesmore at the end of a sortie, all four engines ran down because the electrical connectors became disconnected on the throttle box. The aircraft was being flown by the squadron commander; Wg Cdr Matthews with Fg Off Lowther as his co-pilot. On the order to abandon the aircraft, it is believed that the rear crew left the aircraft in less than half a minute and, although one man left the rubber of his flying boots along the fuselage, the entire crew survived. It was particularly tragic, therefore, that a few days later another Victor from the Cottesmore sister squadron should crash with the loss of all onboard. (See the crash of XA929 of 10 Sqn, RAF, on 16/6/1962)
The first three crew to bail out landed beside the "Ram Jam Inn" on the A1 where liquid sustenance was provided by the landlord. The two pilots ejected and landed some distance away, and upon reaching the same "hostelry" were told by the landlord that it was closed!
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. Handley Page Victor: The Crescent-Winged V-Bomber (Aerofax)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
4. http://rafforum.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=46291&p=3&topicID=10418133&commentPage=2
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20160303210250/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Victor.htm
6. http://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/20311/thread
7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File 233/445: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C424566
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor#Accidents_and_incidents
9. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?97903-Phew-that-was-close-pint-anyone
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2011 09:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 13:58 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 17-Oct-2013 02:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2020 21:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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