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Date: | Thursday 16 March 1961 |
Time: | dusk |
Type: | Douglas RB-66B Destroyer |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 54-430 |
MSN: | 44730 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | in North Sea -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury (EGWZ) |
Destination airport: | Vliehors, Netherlands |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lost over North Sea on flight from RAF Alconbury, during a "Royal Flush" mission, which included flare-dropping at the Vliehors Ranges, Netherlands. 3 crew missing, presumed dead.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1954.html http://www.geocities.ws/cornfield12000/accidents.html https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?77600-RB-66-Crashes-information-required http://www.vlieland-info.nl/Klu.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2011 06:14 |
ThW |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
27-Sep-2011 00:08 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
24-Jan-2013 12:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Jan-2013 12:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
04-Jan-2017 19:36 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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