Date:	Tuesday 16 August 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	20 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XB808
MSN:	562
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Meppen Ranges, near Oldenburg, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oldenburg, West Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 Sabre F.Mk.4 (F-86E) XB808, 20 Squadron, RAF: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19662 marked, became XB808. First flight on 9 April 1953. Taken on charge 3 June 1953. Delivered 29 January 1954 to No.112 Squadron at RAF Jever, West Germany. Transferred to No.20 Squadron [as "I"] at RAF Oldenburg on 9 April 1954.

Crashed while in RAF service on 16 August 1955; Suffered a high speed stall during a high G manoeuvre when pulling up from an attack run on the Meppen Range, near Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany. It hit the ground and exploded, killing the pilot

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.173 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/293: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424414
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/34/S2774: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578554
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19651_19700_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial-XB
6. http://www.rafjever.org/112squadaircraft.htm
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1955.htm
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Aug-2012 11:44	Daniel Nole	Added
26-Jun-2013 14:54	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Country, Source, Damage]
31-Jan-2014 01:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Feb-2014 15:08	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
18-Feb-2014 10:43	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Jan-2020 00:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Jan-2020 00:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
13-Jan-2020 14:15	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Country, Operator]
13-Jan-2020 21:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]