ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56585
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| Date: | Friday 13 July 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS920 |
| MSN: | 95253 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 mi E of Bremen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit power lines during ACT with a USAF A-10A and crashed five miles east of Bremen, West Germany. Struck power cables and crashed in flames. The airplane had been on a head on collision course with an A-10 Thunderbolt. The A-10 made evasive manoeuvres to avoid the collision.
Sources:
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202745.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20150224045018/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf6.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1984.htm]#jul
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2011 00:22 | RRAVON | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2011 00:27 | harro | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 17:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2012 02:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 22-Feb-2020 16:14 | TB | Updated [Location] |
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