ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55390
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| Date: | 25-FEB-1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn Royal Air Force (2 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | XZ120 |
| MSN: | S.121 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2 miles S of RAF Nordhorn Range, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Laarbruch (EDUL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After completing a four aircraft attack on Nordhorn weapons range, West Germany the aircraft entered cloud and visual contact with each other was momentarily lost. On exiting the cloud the pilot made a steep left hand turn to join up with his wingman who was at low level.
The aircraft entered a maximum rate left hand turn from which he could not recover in the height available and it crashed two miles from the range killing the pilot, Flt Lt Douglas Graham Stein. This was the first fatal accident with a 2 Sqn Jaguar.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1977.htm
3. https://sites.google.com/site/raflaarbruch/home/toedliche-abstuerze
4. http://targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/service_uk.html
5. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/386770-jaguar-aircraft-accidents-2.html
6. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luft-/Bodenschie%C3%9Fplatz_Nordhorn
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2011 14:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 04-Jul-2013 23:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2013 21:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 05-Jul-2013 21:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2014 14:48 | 95i | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Jun-2022 21:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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