08/01/1971 |
XM610 |
|
Vulcan
B1 |
44
Sqn |
Crashed
at Wingate, County Durham, after a fire in No 2 engine damaged the flying
controls. The crew abandoned the aircraft successfully. The pilot was also
forced to eject from Vulcan XM645 on 14/10/1975 |
15/01/1971 |
XS500 |
TB |
Wesssex
HU5 |
848
NAS |
Hit the water when low flying in haze over Mounts Bay off Porthleven, Cornwall while operating off
HMS Bulwark. The pilot managed to climb to 60ft but was forced to ditch 400 yards off Loe Bar Beach
where it broke up and sank killing one crew member |
18/01/1971 |
XJ432 |
C |
Whirlwind
HAR10 |
28
Sqn |
Ditched
off Sai Kung, Hong Kong following engine failure |
20/01/1971 |
XR545 |
|
Gnat
T1 |
Red
Arrows |
Collided and crashed during a synchronised pair display practice at Kemble, Gloucestershire. All
four crew were killed |
20/01/1971 |
XR986 |
|
Gnat
T1 |
Red
Arrows |
20/01/1971 |
XT513 |
|
Sioux
AH1 |
1
Wing 10th Hussars |
The
aircraft side slipped while in a 20 ft hover at Herford, West Germany
causing the main rotors to strike the ground. It then cartwheeled, came to
rest inverted and caught fire. One crew member received major injuries the
other minor |
24/01/1971 |
XP303 |
|
Whirlwind
HAR10 |
28
Sqn |
Hit
an obstacle during the hover at Peak Alpha, Hong Kong. It rolled over and
burnt out |
25/01/1971 |
XP756 |
E |
Lightning
F3 |
29
Sqn |
Crashed
into the North sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk after a reheat fire. The
USAF exchange pilot ejected safely |
28/01/1971 |
XN772 |
N |
Lightning
F2A |
92
Sqn |
Spun
into the ground near Diepholz, West Germany after failing to recover from
a spin from 36,000 ft. The pilot ejected |
29/01/1971 |
WH874 |
|
Canberra
T17 |
360
Sqn |
Collided over
Sutton-in-Ashfield near
Mansfield, Notts when flying in formation and crashed. All crew members
ejected safely |
29/01/1971 |
WJ862 |
|
Canberra
T4 |
360
Sqn |
24/02/1971 |
XN465 |
3 |
Jet
Provost T3 |
3
FTS |
Crashed
near Easingwold, Yorks after failing to recover from a spin. Both crew
ejected |
25/02/1971 |
WT523 |
|
Canberra
PR7 |
31
Sqn |
Declared
a write off after landing following a bird strike to the canopy and nose
over West Germany. To 8135M at Laarbruch |
02/03/1971 |
WP312 |
LO |
Sea
Prince T1 |
Linton-on-Ouse
Station Flt |
Collided
near Church Fenton, Yorks and crashed, the crew of XW300 were killed |
02/03/1971 |
XW300 |
58 |
Jet
Provost T5 |
1
FTS |
19/03/1971 |
XG131 |
41 |
Hunter
F6 |
229
OCU |
Exploded over Exmoor, Devon and crashed killing the pilot |
25/03/1971 |
XW532 |
|
Buccaneer
S2B |
15
Sqn |
Crashed
near Wansum, Netherlands after the pilot became disorientated when the
aircraft entered cloud immediately after take off from Laarbruch, West
Germany. Both crew were killed |
25/03/1971 |
XM418 |
28 |
Jet
Provost T3 |
3
FTS |
Written
off after the engine exploded during a ground run at Leeming, Yorkshire.
To 8593M at Leeming |
23/04/1971 |
XV798 |
T |
Harrier
GR1 |
20
Sqn |
Suffered
a very heavy vertical landing at Wildenrath, West Germany. The pilot
ejected. Allocated to ground instruction at Shoeburyness |
26/04/1971 |
WZ821 |
|
Grasshopper
TX1 |
Air
Cadets |
Written
off, no further details |
28/04/1971 |
XS938 |
E |
Lightning
F6 |
23
Sqn |
Crashed
into the Firth of Tay, after the pilot ejected following a reheat fire on
take off from Leuchars, Fife |
06/05/1971 |
XV322 |
|
Sioux
HT2 |
CFS |
The main rotor blades struck trees whilst
manoeuvring in a confined space in Harewood Forest 3 miles SE of Andover,
Hampshire. It crashed onto its side and caught fire in the manifold area.
The pilot escaped uninjured |
10/05/1971 |
XP744 |
H |
Lightning
F3 |
56
Sqn |
Crashed
into the Mediterranean Sea eight miles SE of Cyprus after the pilot
ejected due to a fire |
14/05/1971 |
XP807 |
|
Beaver
AL1 |
132
Flt |
During a thunderstorm the aircraft came out of cloud in a steep dive, whereupon a wing folded and it struck the ground at Batteln, West Germany killing the two crew and one passenger. It was concluded that it had suffered inadvertent 'negative G' during the thunderstorm activity and as a result the bottom wing strut bolt had sheered, thus the wing was no longer correctly braced |
17/05/1971 |
XL622 |
85 |
Hunter
T7 |
4
FTS |
Crashed
into Mount Cwm-Pen-Machd, Blanenau Festiniog, Merioneth, Wales killing
both crew |
19/05/1971 |
XT862 |
VL-156 |
Phantom
FG1 |
767
NAS |
Crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean 25 miles off Torquay, Devon. The crew ejected
safely |
20/05/1971 |
XP752 |
D |
Lightning
F3 |
111
Sqn |
The Lightning collided with the underside of the Mirage IIIE during air combat manoeuvres. Damage to the Mirage was only slight but the Lightning lost an engine and the main instruments. The pilot attempted to eject but was unable to as the canopy would not release. He was therefore forced to make an emergency landing back at Colmar, France. It was later declared a write off and allocated to Coltishall as 8166M |
20/05/1971 |
|
|
Mirage
IIIE |
French
AF |
20/05/1971 |
XM875 |
PO-516 |
Wessex
HAS1 |
771
NAS |
While carrying the press to photograph the NATO STANAVFORLANT exercise the engine
failed whilst hovering alongside USS Bigelow. It ditched, rolled to starboard and sank in 48ft of water off Weymouth Bay, Dorset. Three of the press were
killed |
26/05/1971 |
XS902 |
J |
Lightning
F6 |
5
Sqn |
Crashed
into the North Sea nine miles SE of Spurn Head, Yorkshire after the pilot
ejected following a reheat fire |
05/06/1971 |
XN978 |
|
Buccaneer
S2B |
12
Sqn |
Lost
control during air refuelling and crashed near Creil, Northern France.
Both crew ejected safely |
11/06/1971 |
XT184 |
|
Sioux
AH1 |
3rd
RM Commando |
The main rotors were overpitched on take off in
Australia. Control was lost and the aircraft struck the ground and rolled
over. The two crew were uninjured. The airframe was returned to the U.K and the rear section was mated to the bubble of
Hiller XS702 (w/o 10/01/1967) and was used as a static display airframe |
15/06/1971 |
WE989 |
|
Prefect
TX1 |
2
GC |
Written
off at Spitalgate, Lincolnshire |
29/06/1971 |
XV565 |
R-001 |
Phantom
FG1 |
892
NAS |
Crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida, USA while operating off HMS Ark
Royal. The crew ejected |
29/06/1971 |
XN558 |
4 |
Jet
Provost T3 |
3
FTS |
Crashed
at Dishforth, North Yorks after suffering a bird strike while on approach.
The pilot ejected safely |
06/07/1971 |
XN687 |
VL-704 |
Sea
Vixen FAW2 |
890
NAS |
Crashed
shortly after
take off
from Yeovilton, Somerset
close to Ash Close Farm, Charlton Horethorne after the port engine failed
on climb out |
08/07/1971 |
XP705 |
L |
Lightning
F3 |
29
Sqn |
Crashed
into the Mediterranean Sea 35 miles off Akrotiri, Cyprus after the pilot
ejected following an engine fire |
14/07/1971 |
XP147 |
PO-521 |
Wessex
HAS3 |
737
NAS |
Flames were seen to come from the starboard exhaust and the engine lost power. The pilot ditched into the sea 30 miles off Portland, Dorset and it sank in 200ft of water. All of the crew were rescued
safely |
26/07/1971 |
WT912 |
1 |
Cadet
TX3 |
2
GC |
Written
off in a flying accident at Spitalgate, Lincs |
08/1971 |
XV329 |
T |
Lightning
T5 |
74
Sqn |
When
the Sqn disbanded the T5s had to be shipped back to the UK from Singapore
as they cannot be fitted with over-wing ferry tanks. During shipment it
suffered severe corrosion due to battery acid leakage. It was used for
spares at Leconfield until being placed on the dump there in 1974 |
03/08/1971 |
XV803 |
Y |
Harrier
GR1 |
1
Sqn |
Crashed
near Huntingdon, Cambs after nozzle valve failure. The USAF pilot was
killed after being unable to eject, as the ejection seat pins had been
left in |
08/08/1971 |
WB970 |
|
Sedbergh
TX1 |
613
GC |
Crashed
at Halton, Buckinghamshire |
12/08/1971 |
XL384 |
|
Vulcan
B2 |
617
Sqn |
Damaged in an inflight fire whilst returning from the USA. It landed safely at Scampton, Lincolnshire. but upon inspection was declared CAT 5. Used for spares until November 1981 then towed to the Fire Dump and was burned early 1982. Allocated to 8505M at Scampton and later became 8670M |
22/08/1971 |
XJ426 |
|
Whirlwind
HAR10 |
22
Sqn |
Ditched
into Bideford Bay off Baggy Point, Devon after a fire warning light illuminated during a live casevac. The crew and casualty were rescued by another helicopter |
27/08/1971 |
XG229 |
42 |
Hunter
F6 |
63
Sqn/229 OCU |
Crashed
at Merton, Devon after
the pilot
ejected following flying control seizure |
01/09/1971 |
XT498 |
|
Sioux
AH1 |
AAC
Development Wing |
Crashed
at Clatford near Andover, Hampshire while attempting to recover from a
wing over manoeuvre. One crew member was killed and two were seriously
injured |
01/09/1971 |
WR986 |
G |
Shackleton
MR3 |
203
Sqn |
Declared
a write off due to severe damage caused by rat infestation whilst
operating with the squadron at Safi, Malta |
14/09/1971 |
XV630 |
433 |
Wasp
HAS1 |
829
NAS |
Lost height rapidly during a normal approach to HMS Euryalus in the English Channel off
Portland, Dorset. It landed heavily in the sea, rolled over and sank. The two crew were
rescued. Recovered and to the AIU at Lee-on-Solent and then as ground instruction at the
RNEC Manadon |
22/09/1971 |
XP736 |
G |
Lightning
F3 |
29
Sqn |
Dived
into the North Sea 30 miles off Lowestoft, Suffolk killing the pilot |
30/09/1971 |
XR764 |
E |
Lightning
F6 |
56
Sqn |
Crashed
into Limasol Bay, Cyprus after the pilot ejected following an engine fire |
05/10/1971 |
WT366 |
|
Canberra
B(I)8 |
16
Sqn |
Stalled
and crashed 12 miles north of Xanten, soon after take off from
Laarbruch, West Germany. Both crew were killed |
06/10/1971 |
WH973 |
|
Canberra
E15 |
98
Sqn |
Rolled
out of control and crashed at Lobthorpe, 3 miles from Cottesmore, Leics.
The crew ejected safely |
09/10/1971 |
XG156 |
E |
Hunter
FGA9 |
79
Sqn/229 OCU |
Landed
at Gibraltar with
one of the
main wheels retracted and ran off the runway into some concrete
blocks. The pilot ejected but was killed. He had been advised to eject
over the sea but as he was a poor swimmer he elected to attempt a landing |
12/10/1971 |
XV479 |
J |
Phantom
FGR2 |
54
Sqn |
Crashed
onto a cottage shortly after take off from Karup Denmark killing two
civilians. The had crew ejected after suspected reheat problems |
15/10/1971 |
XT904 |
|
Phantom
FGR2 |
228
OCU |
Crashed
into the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk after the crew ejected following
loss of control in a spin |
26/10/1971 |
XR658 |
Y |
Jet
Provost T4 |
6
FTS |
The
airframe was overstressed when the canopy disintegrated and hit the tail
causing temporary loss off control. Location unknown. To 8192M with the
Exhibition Flt. |
29/10/1971 |
XR711 |
A |
Lightning
F3 |
111
Sqn |
Due to a fault with the reheat on No1 engine it was disabled but allowed to do one more sortie. During take-off from Wattisham, Suffolk as a three ship the pilot lifted off with the other two but had insufficient power to gain height. With the undercarriage already retracted the aircraft sunk back onto the runway, slid along it and took the barrier. The pilot was uninjured. Declared CAT5 XR711 was stripped for spares then put onto the Fire Dump |
08/11/1971 |
XL575 |
80 |
Hunter
T7 |
229
OCU |
Crashed
into a hillside at Cwmystwyth, Cardigan killing the two crew |
09/11/1971 |
XV216 |
|
Hercules
C1 |
LTW |
Flew
into the Ligurian Sea at night 28km off Pisa, Italy during a low level
trail with three other Hercules. All fifty two on board were killed
including forty six Italian parachutists |
15/11/1971 |
XP116 |
PO-520 |
Wessex
HAS3 |
737
NAS |
Ditched
into the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. To Lee-on-Solent AES as
A2618 |
26/11/1971 |
XA232 |
|
Grasshopper
TX1 |
626
GS |
Written
off in a flying accident possibly at St. Eval, Cornwall |
09/12/1971 |
XV347 |
|
Buccaneer
S2B |
12
Sqn |
Burnt
out at Lossiemouth, Morayshire after the port engine blew up while taxying |
13/12/1971 |
XR567 |
B |
Gnat
T1 |
CFS |
Four Gnats were completing a close formation practice
over the USAF base at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire. Upon breaking away,
XR567 was crossing the airfield at 500ft when the fin detached. It crashed onto the airfield close to the runway narrowly missing five
parked USAF F111Es. The crew were unable to eject in time and were both killed. The fleet were grounded and serious cracks were discovered in the fin on several aircraft.
These were rectified at Bitteswell over a four year period |