ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82608
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| Date: | Monday 25 June 1973 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 |
| Owner/operator: | 31 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XV440 |
| MSN: | 3214 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee off Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bruggen, Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The worst low flying hours F-4M was XV440, which had been taken on charge at 23 MU Aldergrove on February 21 1969, and put into storage.
She arrived at Bruggen in late 1970 direct from 23 MU Aldergrove. She then went into sheds for acceptance, and became a "hangar queen". In other words, a non-flying aircraft used primarily as a source of spare parts.
14 months later Officer Commanding Engineering at 431 MU Bruggen decreed that there would be no more robbery of parts from this airframe. By that time XV440 was missing: the stabilator, the engines, flaps (leading and trailing edge) all the fire wire, radar, and most of the LRIs needed replacement. There were four filing cabinet drawers full of jobcards for repairs and rectifications needed!
After several months she was put back together and test flown in early June 1973. She crashed two weeks later on 25 June 1973 with about 27 flying hours "on the clock".
XV440 Flew into the Waddenzee at night near Vlieland, West Frisian Islands, Netherands, believed due to pilot error. Neither crew member (Pilot Flight Lieutenant Hugh Peter Calday KENNEDY and Navigator Squadron Leader David Noel HODGES) ejected, and both were killed
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20171019205516/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_Phantom_RAF.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1973.htm
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.e-goat.co.uk/forumd] recs/showthread.php?10041-Phantoms&s=c5750560e40eba7028e39bb155273eae
4. http://www.vlieland-info.nl/Klu.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlieland
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2011 14:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2013 20:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2013 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2013 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2013 18:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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