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Date: | Thursday 16 February 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.4 |
Owner/operator: | 801 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | XE332 |
MSN: | AW6293 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gulf of Aden, off HMS Centaur -
Yemen
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Centaur, Gulf of Aden, off Aden (Yemen) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 16/2/1956: Crashed into the Gulf of Aden and exploded after the engine caught fire on take off from HMS Centaur. The pilot - Lieutenant Commander Leslie J. Baker - was killed.
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950_-_1959_16.html]
3.
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XE Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Mar-2013 00:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
14-Mar-2013 00:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
26-Mar-2013 19:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Phase, Source] |
08-May-2013 17:12 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
24-Jan-2018 23:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Nov-2018 16:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
13-Jan-2020 16:36 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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