ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58288
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Date: | Friday 17 May 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk.6 |
Owner/operator: | 93 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XG258 |
MSN: | 41H/680058 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bitburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | Bitburg, Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Delivered to 93 Squadron as 'B', and was the No 4 aircraft in the "Fleche D'Or" (the 93 Squadron Formation Aerobatic team).
Crashed and destroyed 17-05-1958 when flew into the ground at Bitburg airbase, West Germany during a formation aerobatic display rehearsal and when recovering from a "bomb burst" manouvre, killing the pilot, Flying Officer Dandy Danderson
Cat 5 Damage - Struck Off Charge 18-05-1958
Sources:
http://www.rafjever.org/93squadaircraft.htm www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jan-2009 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
15-Mar-2012 22:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Aug-2012 08:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
16-Apr-2013 19:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
16-Apr-2013 19:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
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