Date:	Wednesday 29 September 1965
Time:
Type:	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3
Owner/operator:	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF
Registration:	XP739
MSN:	95167
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Battisford Hall, 3 miles NE of RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
First flown by T.M.S. Ferguson 20-1-64 at BAC Samlesbury. To 33 MU, RAF Lyneham,12-11-64; then into service with 111 Squadron as "H"

Crashed at Battisford Hall three miles NE of Wattisham, Suffolk after a double flame out on final approach. The pilot - Flt Lt Hedley Molland - ejected safely at 250 knots IAS, and landed at Chapel Farm, Stonham, Suffolk. Total hours flown 176h 45m

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Feb-2012 12:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2013 14:34	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
04-Aug-2013 13:35	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
26-Nov-2020 04:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]