Date:	Wednesday 29 September 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair Sabre F Mk 4 (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	92 (East India) Sqn RAF
Registration:	XD771
MSN:	673
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2 miles ENE of RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse (EGXU)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial 19773 marked, became XD771 in RAF service. As the aircraft was also funded by US Government MDAP (Military Development Aid Program) funds, the USAF serial 52-10226 was assigned, but there is no record it was ever marked on the airframe. First flight on 3 July 1953. Delivered to the RAF (taken on charge) 30 September 1953. Operated by No. 92 Squadron at Linton-on-Ouse, coded "K".

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 September 1954: Suffered engine failure while on approach to Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire and belly landed into a field two miles east north east of the airfield with the undercarriage retracted. No fatalities or injuries reported. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c) and reduced to spares and produce.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.164 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 20)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.93
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm
5. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19751_19800_detailed.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD
7. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1952.html

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29 November 1954

XD772

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Sep-2012 10:47	Daniel Nole	Added
21-Dec-2013 17:02	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
31-Jan-2020 22:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2020 22:48	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
31-Jan-2020 22:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
09-Apr-2020 09:09	INV	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
09-Apr-2020 09:13	INV	Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-Apr-2020 22:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]