ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55079
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| Date: | Sunday 20 May 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B |
| Owner/operator: | 208 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XZ430 |
| MSN: | B3-07-75 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 20 miles NE of Fraserborough, Grampian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS) |
| RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
XZ430 was leading a five-aircraft formation on a simulated low level attack: it pulled up for a bomb toss release and entered cloud. It was not seen again and crashed into the North Sea 20 mile NE of Fraserburgh, Grampian killing both crew (Sqn Ldr W Graham and Flt Lt A White). The wreck was found five weeks later
NOTE: The official MoD Accident report only gives a map co-ordinate of "58.07 N, 00.54 W" as the crash location, not an actual place name
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202270.html
2. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2B_XZ430_files/0_S2B_XZ430.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19840520_xz430.pdf
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1984.htm
5. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/309069/details/blackburn+buccaneer+s2b+north+sea/?date=asc
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2009 06:55 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Jul-2011 12:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 15:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 01-Jun-2013 00:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2014 21:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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