Accident BAC Lightning F53 53-420,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144434
 
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Date:Monday 30 June 1975
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LTNG model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
BAC Lightning F53
Owner/operator:Kuwait Air Force
Registration: 53-420
MSN: 95313
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Al Mubarak Air Base -   Kuwait
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait
Destination airport:Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
53-420; G27-88; C/N 95313 ff P. Millet 8-5-69 Samlesbury. To Kuwait International Airport 19-7-69, via Akrotiri, Turkey and Iran, pilot Sqn Ldr Durham, with 53-412. Coded 'N'. Written off in accident on 30-6-1975. Pilot - Lieutenant Adnan Al-qahtani - did not eject, and was killed

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001431/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Kuwait.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20160316050009/http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf53.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Mar-2012 19:03 Dr. John Smith Added

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