ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157426
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| Date: | Friday 5 September 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A |
| Owner/operator: | 92 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XN775 |
| MSN: | 95128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh (GUT/ETUO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
f/f T.M.S. Ferguson 1-10-62 at EE/BAC Samlesbury. To 19 Squadron, 17-12-62. First F 2 in RAF service; to Warton for F 2A conversion, 7-6-68; to 92 Squadron as ‘B’, 15-1-69. First Lightning F.2A to be repainted in green camouflage in early 1974.
Written off 5/9/1975: Declared a write off (damaged beyond econpmical repair) at Gütersloh, West Germany after failure to overcome a severe fuel leak problem. Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) 5/9/1975. To 8448M at Gutersloh as a decoy, parked out on the airfield until scrapped in 1984
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1975.htm
2. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xn775.html
3. https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=905564
4. https://www.aviationartcards.com/html/lightning_2007_-_print_7.html
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20160304001833/http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf2f2a.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2013 00:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Oct-2019 19:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:19 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 11:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
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