This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1961 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F Mk 6 |
Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XE583 |
MSN: | 41H/679941 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Lögumkloster, Jütland, 16 miles SW of Skydstrup -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hunter F.Mk.6 XE583; First flown at Hawker Aircraft Dunsfold 20-3-1956. Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham in 1956. Issued for service to 19 Squadron, RAF coded "D"
Written off (destroyed) 12-9-1961: The pilot (Flight Lieutenant David Martin Nichols) lost control during an unauthorised barrel roll and crashed near Lögumkloster, Jütland, sixteen miles South West of Skydstrup, Denmark. He did not eject and was killed. NATO exercise "Schachmatt". Struck Off Charge 2-10-1961 as Cat.5(Scrap).
Sources:
1. Passauer Neue Presse 14 September 1961, p 2
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/40/S3017:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578797 3.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XE 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Mar-2012 18:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
19-Aug-2012 12:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
19-Aug-2012 12:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]] |
20-Dec-2015 18:32 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Dec-2020 22:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-Dec-2020 17:36 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |