ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60027
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| Date: | Thursday 14 February 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F6 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XG161 |
| MSN: | S4/U/3394 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bristol Channel, off Hartland Point, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 14/2/1974, at the conclusion of air combat manoeuvres over the Bristol Channel off Harltand Point, North Devon, the instructor pilot ordered a return to base at Chivenor. However, only three aircraft returned, the fourth, XG161, having crashed into the sea. No emergency transmissions were made and the wreckage of the aircraft and body of the Singaporean trainee pilot Lt Eng Choin Kwong were never found.
Formally Struck Off charge 31/5/1974 as Cat.5 (Missing)
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1974.htm
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1395782/
The Straits Times 18 February 1973, p21
Media:
Hawker Hunter XG161 of 229 OCU at RAF Kemble (EGBP) in August 1968:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2009 00:11 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 10-Mar-2012 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2013 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2013 19:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Jul-2015 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2017 18:19 | ORD | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2021 14:46 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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