ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58228
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 June 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) |
| Registration: | XJ615 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1¾ miles SE of Haslemere, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
XJ615 was the Hawker Hunter T.Mk.7 prototype (Hawker P.1101), issued to the Empire Test Pilots School at Boscombe Down after completion of the type's test programme.
Written off 24/6/1964: crashed when the engine flamed out due to mismanagement of the fuel booster pump switches following fuel transfer failure. The aircraft struck trees on high ground in lifting fog 1¾ miles SE of Haslemere, Surrey killing the French pilot
NOTE: To confuse matters, a Hawker T.Mk.7 was painted up as "XJ615" when acquired by a private owner after being sold off by the Royal Navy in the mid-1990s. However, this aircraft was really G-BWGL (ex-XF357, a former FRADU/Royal Navy Hunter T.Mk.8C). The aircraft in the picture below is the "real" XJ615, photographed at the Farnborough Air Show 5-11 September 1955
Sources:
1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/59455242@N07/5516514375/
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1964.htm
3. http://www.farnboroughspotters.com/55.html
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BWGL
5. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1959/1959%20-%202224.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-May-2012 09:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2013 12:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2020 14:21 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 12:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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