ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152854
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| Date: | Thursday 11 January 1973 |
| Time: | 09:47 UTC |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-111E |
| Owner/operator: | 20th TFWg USAF |
| Registration: | 68-0024 |
| MSN: | E1-33 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Crawley, 3.5 miles E of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Operated by the 20th TFW at RAF Upper Heyford. Callsign 'Sewn 11'. Crewed by pilot Major Bob Kroos and WSO Captain Roger A Beck. The main body of the aircraft fell near in North Crawley, about three and a half miles east of Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire. An engine caught fire just after takeoff at 08:56, melted the rudder linkage so that the rudder froze hard over, and the crew ended up flying around in circles trying to get back to Upper Heyford.
The fuel dumping procedure gave rise to several UFO sightings that morning! The crew abandoned the aircraft at 09:47 after Kroos lost control of the aircraft. The capsule came down in a farm at North Crawley in Buckinghamshire; the startled owner came out and plied the crew with brandy - which rather messed up the USAF's mandatory blood-alcohol test for all aircrews involved in accidents...
Sources:
http://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/Mishaps.html
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?97810-Info-sought-F-111-crash-nr-Cambridge-1979
http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm
http://www.f-111.net/t_no_E.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1968.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Crawley
http://www.mackz.demon.co.uk/cm_aviation%20main.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2013 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Jan-2013 16:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Jan-2013 14:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2013 10:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2013 13:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-May-2021 09:38 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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