ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21042
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 May 1966 |
| Time: | 10:44 |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WH857 |
| MSN: | SH1614 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | On RAF Watton, Norfolk just by touchdown point -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
| RAF Watton, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stalled while attempting to overshoot from a misjudged asymmetric approach to Watton, Norfolk. It cartwheeled and burnt out short of the runway. The navigator and the AEO were ejected at ground level but the navigator was killed. The pilot did not eject and was killed in the crash
Crew:
AEO: Flt.Lt. Ken Topaz injured.
Pilot: Flt.Lt.R Jackson(killed)
Nav: Flt.Lt. R Jenkins.RCAF(killed)
Jenkins was flying his last sortie with the RAF before returning to Canada. When he ejected, Flt Lt Topaz became the first AEO to eject from an RAF aircraft.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm
2. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/120127-other-e-e-classic-canberra-merged-23rd-july-04-a-3.html#post1208017
3. http://www.ejectorseats.co.uk/canberra_story.html
4. http://rafforum.activeboard.com/t6380815/canberra-crashes-at-watton/
5 Crash photo: http://www.ejectionsite.com/ejctpic/can2a.jpg
6. Crash photo: http://www.ejectionsite.com/ejctpic/can4.jpg
7. Crash photo: http://www.ejectionsite.com/ejctpic/can5.jpg
8. http://web.archive.org/web/20160731050323/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1966apr-jun.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2008 09:24 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Feb-2011 13:16 | zapot | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2011 00:20 | bob | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2013 08:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2013 14:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2013 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 09-Jul-2015 04:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2015 04:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2016 19:34 | zapot | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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