Date:	Wednesday 26 May 1971
Time:	23:20
Type:	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6
Owner/operator:	5 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XS902
MSN:	C/N 95248
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 9 miles SE of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Lightning F.6 XS902 ("J" of 5 Squadron) crashed 26/5/1971 into the North Sea nine miles South East of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire after the pilot - Flt Lt Ali Mackay ejected safely following a reheat fire. (Other published sources give the crash location as "15 miles north-east of Grimsby, Lincolnshire"). He reportedly ejected from an altitude of 10,000 feet, and was "fished out" of the North Sea by a Whirlwind HAR.10 SAR helicopter from RAF Leconfield. Total Hours flown on airframe: 1,051.

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3. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201937.html
4. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/193768-lightning-over-baltic-2.html#post2168407
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9. Yorkshire Air News June 1971: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1971%2006.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Dec-2008 11:09	harro	Updated
12-Mar-2012 18:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2012 01:56	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]
03-Aug-2015 19:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2015 20:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2015 20:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
11-Aug-2015 13:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source]
15-Mar-2021 17:45	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]