ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56559
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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F3 |
| Owner/operator: | 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XP752 |
| MSN: | 95180 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colmar, Haut-Rhin 68 -
 France
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Colmar, France |
| Colmar, France | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First flown by T.M.S. Ferguson on 20-4-64 at BAC Samlesbury. Delivered to 74 Squadron, 1-6-64 and later with 111 Squadron as 'D'. On 20/05/1971, the Lightning collided with the underside of a L'Armee De L'Air (French Air Force) Mirage IIIE during air combat manoeuvres over Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, at approximate co-ordinates: 48°04′54″N, 7°21′20″E
Damage to the Mirage was only slight but the Lightning lost an engine and the main instruments. The pilot attempted to eject but was unable to as the canopy would not release. He was therefore forced to make an emergency landing back at Colmar, France. XP752 was later declared a write off and allocated to Coltishall as Ground instructional Airframe 8166M. Later used for fire and crash rescue training, scrapped in 1983.
Sources:
1. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xp752.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]l
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s
4. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=512678255424126&set=a.438966242795328.102219.435948886430397&type=1&theater
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
Media:
Lightning F6 XP752 (8166M) dumped at RAF Coltishall in 1979
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2012 15:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 14:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2013 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Aug-2013 13:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2022 15:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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