Date:	Tuesday 2 March 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Canadair CL-13 Sabre IV (F-86E)
Owner/operator:	422 (Tomahawk) Sqn RCAF
Registration:	XB825
MSN:	579
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Assevent, Nord Department -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Baden-Sollingen (G)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Canadair CL-13 (F-86E) Sabre F.4: RAF serial XB825 was assigned, but then re-assigned after this aircraft was lost. First flown 29 April 1953. Taken on strength by RCAF 21 May 1953. Operated by No. 422 (F) Squadron in Europe when lost. One of two aircraft that became lost in snow storm during large scale exercise on 2 March 1954, both pilots ejected successfully near French/Belgian border (see also RCAF 19637).

Was one of two Sabres which, during a sortie from Baden-Sollingen, West Germany, while operating with 422 Sqn RCAF, ran out of fuel. The pilot (Flg. Off. G. Brennand) ejected and it crashed at Assevent, France. The aircraft was painted with RAF markings, but was being flown by an RCAF pilot at the time of the crash.

The serial XB825 was allocated to another Sabre (ex-RCAF 19575, and XB689, delivered as a replacement on 08/04/1954). Whilst several sources list XB825 as having crashed "somewhere in Belgium", the aircraft impacted into the ground at Assevent, Nord Department, France - although the pilot landed just over the border in Belgium.

Formally struck off charge 17 March 1954.

1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 2 March 1954, p1
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.156 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 10)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1954.htm
5. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19651_19700_detailed.htm
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20171106225143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadair_Sabre.htm
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4458-R.C.A.F.-crashes-on-2nd-March-1954-in-France
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2011 14:00	ASN archive
28-Apr-2011 19:22	Daniel Nole	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
28-Apr-2011 19:51	Daniel Nole	Updated [Location, Source]
24-Dec-2013 15:15	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
29-Jan-2014 01:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-May-2015 18:30	Opietz	Updated [Operator]
25-Dec-2017 20:13	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
25-Dec-2017 20:14	TB	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
08-Jan-2018 18:44	TB	Updated [Source]
30-Jan-2020 22:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jan-2020 23:28	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
24-Feb-2020 16:56	Xindel XL	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator]