ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147654
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Date: | Wednesday 24 November 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XB612 |
MSN: | 415 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany -
Germany
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Geilenkirchen, West Germany (GKE/ETNG) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Canadair CL-13 Sabre F.4, Ex RCAF 19515, delivered 16/3/1953 and became XB612 "F" of 3 Squadron, RAF: Written off (Damaged beyond repair) 24/11/1954 during a formation take off from Geilenkirchen, West Germany when the port wheel left the runway. The aircraft swung round and the nose wheel struck a sodium flare and collapsed. Not repaired and declared a write off
Struck off charge 30/9/1955 as Cat.5(c) and reduced to spares and produce (scrap)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2001)
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm 3.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19501_19550_detailed.htm 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Aug-2012 07:53 |
Daniel Nole |
Added |
26-Jun-2013 14:31 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Country, Source, Damage] |
26-Jun-2018 19:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Nov-2018 18:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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