ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160132
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| Date: | Thursday 17 February 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Supermarine Scimitar F Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 803 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XD250 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Indian Ocean, 90 Miles off Mombasa -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal, Indian Ocean |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 17/2/1966:Crashed into the Indian Ocean ninety miles off Mombasa, Kenya, while operating off HMS Ark Royal. The pilot had ejected after hydraulic failure and a fire. The fire was due to a faulty fuel drain valve. He was picked up by an 815 Sqn Wessex approximately 30 miles from the carrier.
Pilot - Sub Lt. Zbigniew K."Bush" Skrodzki - ejected picked up unhurt by an 815 Sqn Wessex having severely damaged his leg(s) as he left the cockpit. The same pilot had only recently (on 28/1/1966) ejected from another 803 NAS, Ark Royal-based Scimitar F.1, XD316 ('015/R')
Sub Lt. Skrodzki was the only pilot to eject three times whilst on Fleet Air Arm service. Sadly it was not "third time lucky"; he was killed in the crash of Hunter T.8B WW664 on 31/10/1969, and is buried in the military cemetary at Lossiemouth
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170801210127/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Scimitar.htm
3. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/364166-lossiemouth-re-union.html
4. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCasAlpha1945%20-presentS.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2013 00:53 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 24-Feb-2014 12:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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