| Serial | 382-3856 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | C-130E Hercules | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | w/o 23.05.69 30 miles (48 kms) N off Alderney, Channel Islands. A USAF crew chief at RAF Mildenhall took the a/c (with 316 TAW) on an illegal flight. He flew over the Thames estuary and headed south toward Brighton. After flying over the English Channel, it appears that he turned northwest. North of Cherbourg he changed direction, heading south to a point 30 miles north of Alderney Island. There the aircraft crashed into the sea reported as running out of fuel. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the aircraft was possibly shot down by two F-100s of the 493 TFS/48 TFW from RAF Lakenheath, or RAF Lightning and Hunter jets that were scrambled. | |||||||||||||||
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