Date:	Tuesday 3 May 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	234 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XB615
MSN:	418
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile from Puffendorf, Baesweiler, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany (ETNG)
Destination airport:	RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany (ETNG)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19518 marked, became XB615 in RAF service. First flight on 31 December 1952. Delivered 4 May 1953. Used by No. 234 Squadron in Germany, coded "H".

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3 May 1955: Belly landed in a field after engine failure, 1 mile from Puffendorf, Baesweiler, district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany after the engine had flamed out while on approach to RAF Geilenkirchen. The engine had suffered fuel starvation due to drop tank feed failure.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.1 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 10)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baesweiler
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jul-2012 21:57	Daniel Nole	Added
21-Dec-2013 17:24	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 18:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 22:42	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
24-Jun-2022 22:48	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]