ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154992
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Date: | Friday 13 June 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Canberra T4 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Registration: | WT477 |
MSN: | 71420 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2,5 mi E of Hemswell, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Dived into the ground out of cloud at Spital-in-the-Street.
The pilot contacted Coningsby after take off and cleared the circuit but no further radio calls were made. Some 55 minutes later the aircraft was seen diving inverted at an angle of 45 degrees and at over 500 knots near Hemswell.The pilot was a Canadian,Flt. LT JohnTetroe, Navigatot Flt. Lt Rough and the third member was Flying officer who on a break from flying duties but was putting in hours required to maintain his flying duty allowance. He was then acting as a controller but not on the airfield.
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?119446-Canberra-Crash-1958 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Apr-2013 00:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-Jun-2014 00:45 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature] |
21-Mar-2015 15:41 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
02-Feb-2021 18:24 |
royclittlewood@msn.c |
Updated [Narrative] |
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