ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57352
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| Date: | Thursday 23 February 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B(I).6 |
| Owner/operator: | 213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WT322 |
| MSN: | 71486 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weseke, Nordrhein-Westfalen, near Munster -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brüggen, Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 23/02/1967: Rolled inverted and dived into the ground at Weseke, West Germany during a sortie over the Nordhorn Range. The three crew were killed
Crew:
F/O WILKINSON , Geoffrey William (pilot.) RAF - killed
F/Lt HARRIS , David William James (nav.) RAF - killed
F/O CHALK , Ian Kenneth (bomb) RAF - killed
The duty officer at the time reported: "As I understand it, The aircraft flew back to base low level (250ft) from Nordhorn but just North of the Rhine was advised by Brüggen Air Traffic Control to climb to 2,000ft for recovery. Somewhere in that climb control of the aircraft was lost and it crashed. "
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm
http://www.geocities.ws/cornfield12000/nordhornrange3.html
https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-roll-of-honourroll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=R7261
https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-roll-of-honourroll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=R7262
https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-roll-of-honourroll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=R7263
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2013 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2013 20:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2013 03:52 | dave b | Updated [[Operator, Narrative]] |
| 21-Jul-2013 07:54 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 18:06 | Herbie | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Mar-2021 14:45 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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