ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157260
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Date: | Friday 13 November 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Folland Gnat T.1 |
Owner/operator: | CFS (Red Arrows) Aerobatic Display Team RAF |
Registration: | XR994 |
MSN: | FL588 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kemble (EGBP) |
Destination airport: | RAF Kemble |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Suffered engine failure and crashed while on approach to Kemble, Gloucestershire. The pilot - Squadron Leader Dennis Hazell (call sign "Red 1") - ejected safely but sustained some injiuries
Per contemporary press reports: "Squadron Leader Dennis Hazell, experienced an engine failure when the Team were doing the Twinkle Roll in practice over Kemble. Dennis ejected when he found the runway blocked by two Gnats from RAF Valley as he attempted a 'Dead-Stick' landing. He suffered a broken bone in his thigh and had to be replaced as Leader by Squadron Leader Bill Loverseed."
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160820233030/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/AEROBATIC/Red_Arrows/RED_ARROWS.htm 2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm 3.
http://aerobaticteams.net/red-arrows-history.html Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Jun-2013 21:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
02-Aug-2015 20:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
30-Dec-2019 20:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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