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Date: | Wednesday 24 July 1996 |
Time: | |
Type: | SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A |
Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XZ362 |
MSN: | S129 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 40 miles N of Anchorage, Alaska -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Eielson AFB, Alaska |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The pilot was leader of an eight ship formation operating from Eielson Air Force base, near Fairbanks, Alaska during DACT with F-16’s as part of exercise ‘Cope Thunder’.
While rolling out of a turn 20 miles from Eielson the aircraft struck the tops of trees on a lightly wooded ridge. It remained controllable but the left engine was winding down. Being unable to relight it and with other warning captions illuminating the pilot ejected. He was picked up by an Alaskan Air National Guard rescue team
Sources:
Flight International 4-10 June 1997
WWW.ukserials.com
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
http://www.targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/service_uk.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Mar-2011 16:07 |
harro |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jul-2011 00:12 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Feb-2012 10:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |