ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82602
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 April 1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG1 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XT860 |
| MSN: | 2336 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 30 miles east of Leuchars, Fife -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars (ADX/EGQL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into the North Sea during Combat Air Patrol and while in sea fog during day 3 of exercise 'Elder Forest', 30 miles east of Leuchars, Fife. Committed onto low level targets from Combat Air Patrol east of Leuchars. Poor weather, multi-layer cloud on top of a layer of sea fog, the top of which was approx 100 feet. No distress call, no ejection:
Flight Lieutenant Philip Donald Clarke killed
Flight Lieutenant Kevin John Poysden killed
Some wreckage was recovered, which was laid out in a HAS (Hardened Aircraft Shelter) in the Treble One Squadron site for the BOI (Bosrd of Inquiry).
The Natonal Archives at Kew, England have the squadron and station record books (Air 27/3850 and Air 28/2643). These give basic details of the loss and the search for the crew. A memorial stone to Flight Lieutenant Poysden can be found on the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Billingshurst, West Sussex. Details can be found on the War Memorials Register website at the reference below.
Sources:
1. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/268041-info-about-f4-phantom-xt860-crash.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171019205516/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_Phantom_RAF.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1988.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19880420_xt860.pdf
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/102326
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Oct-2012 17:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2013 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2022 19:10 | Richard | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 14:45 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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