Serial | 003026 | |||||||||||||||
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Model | F-4 Phantom FGR.2 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 23.7.1976 during ACT manoeuvres with two Dutch F-104’s over the North Sea the starboard wing tip folded when pulling 5G caused by a loose outer-wing securing bolt; the crew ejected and the a/c crashed into the sea off Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire (with 29 Sqn); wreckage recovered to Farnborough by 09.09.1976 for AAIB investigation; to PEE at Foulness Island 09.1979 & scrapped; | |||||||||||||||
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