ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184506
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| Date: | Thursday 25 April 1963 |
| Time: | c. 11:00 |
| Type: | McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 56-0100 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crête des Grépoux, 2.6 miles ESE from Tréminis -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Laon AFB, France |
Captain Wesley J. Brooks, of the 18th TRS/66th TRW Loan AFB, France, was killed when practicing for the low-level part of the 1963 NATO Royal Flush reconnaissance competition. While flying under a 200 ft cloud base, Brooks flew into a blind canyon in the Dévoluy Mountains of the French Alps. On realising his predicament, he lit the afterburners and initiated a maximum rate climb. Unfortunately, he hit a vertical cliff face, 60 feet below the ridge of Crête des Grépoux located between the Grand Ferrand and Tete de l'Aupet mountains.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 29 April 1963, p4
Voodoo Warriors, Nigel Walpole, p78
Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War, Doug Gordon, p191
http://redline69-serge.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-memory-of-captain-wesley-j-brooks.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3555965/wesley-j-brooks
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2016 13:52 | TB | Added |
| 28-Feb-2016 20:00 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-Oct-2018 12:13 | J155 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2021 09:04 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2022 15:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Nov-2023 07:12 | Cosmo | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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