Incident Blackburn Buccaneer S.50 417,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19831
 
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Date:Saturday 30 October 1965
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic bucc model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Blackburn Buccaneer S.50
Owner/operator:24 Sqn SAAF
Registration: 417
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:South Atlantic -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:United Kingdom
Destination airport:South Africa
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
High altitude double flame-out - crew bailed out into the Atlantic Ocean 500 miles south of Canary Islands

Pilot was Capt Christiaan Maartin Jooste and Navigator was Lt Johannes Jurgens Antonie de Klerk

Sources:

http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/history/saaf/attrition-summaries
http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-May-2008 12:57 Topaz Added
17-Jul-2011 01:18 Dr.John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2013 08:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
22-Dec-2016 08:03 Anon. Updated [Registration]

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