Date:	Saturday 10 November 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Hunter F Mk I
Owner/operator:	229 OCU RAF
Registration:	WT587
MSN:	41H-665438
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT587: First flown at Hawker Aircraft, Dunsfold, Surrey 24/2/1954. Delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 21/7/1954. First issued for service to 43 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife as "N" later "C" from 17/9/1954. Transferred to 229 OCU, RAF Chivenor, Devon on 9/10/1956

Crashed and destroyed 10/11/1956: On a sortie from RAF Chivenor, Devon, the Iraqi pilot lost control in cloud and ejected. He landed in the sea near Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. Although he inflated his Mae West and dinghy he did not inflate his exposure suit. His body was found close to the dinghy but not attached to it. It was concluded that he had been thrown out in the heavy swell.

Crew of Hunter WT587:
Lieutenant Mahmood Gharid, Iraqi Air Force (pilot, aged 23) - killed on active service 10/11/1956

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 96)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.219
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron iBy Jimmy Bedle
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundy#Wrecked_ships_and_aircraft

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2009 11:55	ASN archive	Added
10-Mar-2012 19:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
15-Apr-2013 10:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Feb-2017 18:20	ORD	Updated [Narrative]
04-Dec-2018 09:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
15-Jul-2020 19:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2020 10:06	Yarbi	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
16-Jul-2020 19:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]