Date:	Tuesday 1 May 1962
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.1
Owner/operator:	890 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	XJ528
MSN:	10037
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Manilla Bay, South China Sea, off the coast of the Philippines -   Philippines
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Ark Royal, off the Philippines
Destination airport:	HMS Ark Royal, off the Philippines
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DH Sea Vixen XJ528 ("R-243" of 890 Sqn FAA RN) was written off 1/5/1962, when, during a night interception exercise off HMS Ark Royal the pilot felt an explosion while at 2,000 feet. Both crew - Lt. D. H. Ross (observer) and Lt. R. H. Burns (pilot) - ejected when the aircraft went out of control, and it crashed into the South China Sea at Manilla Bay, off the Philippines and was not recovered. The crew were rescued by the USS Caliente

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20120622210245/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaVixen.htm
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/seavixenpics/xj528.jpg]
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.seavixen.org/squadrons/correlation-squadrons-ships/890-sqn-to-hms-ark-royal-1961-1963]
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Bay

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9 February 1961

XJ527

890 Sqn FAA RN

0

Straits of Singapore, 25 miles off Horsburgh Light House, Tengah

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Oct-2013 17:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-Feb-2021 11:51	mross999	Updated [Narrative]