ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145753
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| Date: | Monday 15 May 1967 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F.6 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XG200 |
| MSN: | 41H/680025 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, 3 miles WNW of Tintagel, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Devon | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two Hawker Hunters of 229 OCU (XG200 '57' and XG235 '44') collided and crashed into the Atlantic three miles WNW of Tintagel, Cornwall. Flt Lt Ian Ord in XG235 ejected safely and Flying Officer T "Podge" Page in XG200 - was killed.
(XG200 had been previously involved in a collision with another Hunter F.6 XG193 near Wattisham, Cambridgeshire on 10/6/1960 - which see. It has also been one of 111 Squadron's "Black Arrows" aerobatic display team - as proven by the photo below)
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20160331192710/http://ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Hunter_files/ORD/ord_ian_g.htm
2. http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=360518&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5&j=1
3. http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wattisham_aviation_accidents.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm
5. http://www.rafjever.org/sharepast.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2012 11:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Jan-2013 12:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2013 20:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2015 09:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2018 16:22 | Ian Ord | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
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