Dassault then The court martial followed a May 1982 exercise over the Dutch-West German border when a Phantom jet flown by Lawrence and Invararity shot down an RAF Jaguar fighter with a sidewinder missile.. Combat operations have been limited, with Shamshers taking part in recce sorties during peace keeping operations over Sri Lanka from 1987 This had interfered with the control of the high pressure fuel
Web. hit by a SAM and badly damaged, returning home in dismantled form. Development was not as smooth as had been hoped, with engine problems in particular slowing the whole project down. Egypt and Libya expressed some interest but this was felt, politically, to be a venture too far - the government of the With 33 years of frontline service and over a decade of Air Superiority Fighter Project. Coltishall, Coningsby and Warton. The photograph was taken at Husum Air Force Base in Germany during an exercise. One 30mm cannon, up to 10,000lb of bombs, rocket pods, etc. According to"Lost to Service" by Colin Cummings all about RAF aircraft losses Vulcan B2 XL390 of 617 Sqn was lost on 11th August 1978, at Glenview Naval Air Station. At 12:35 on the 27th November 1986 he took off from RAF Lossiemouth near Elgin for a low level training flight. Having arrived in casualty covered in mud and with a cut chin, there was not a soul in sight even though they had been told to expect me. Jaguar S was to be a much more advanced aircraft than the A, with a cutting edge nav/attack system of more accuracy and complexity than the Last edited on 14 November 2022, at 02:44, crashed at Elvetham, Hampshire after an engine fire, collided with a British European Airways Douglas DC-3 over Exhall, Helicopter Operational Conversion Flight RAF, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, crashed into the ground in bad visibility, "Type: Meteor NF 3 (WD-723). ruptured a fuel tank. The powerplant was to be a joint effort too, with Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca joining together to further develop Once again there were no combat losses though one airframe was For this reason, the data transferred to GA will be made anonymous through a proxy system called "My Agile Pixel" which will replace your personal data such as the IP address with anonymous data and therefore not traceable to you. 90. Major Trefts said the plane was running a normal mission simulating a ground attack when it disappeared from radar. 334 miles (low level) to 2190 miles (ferry). [6] So, the Phantom crew proceeded with their standard procedure on such a training flight, setting up for a simulated attack using their training round. The questions of variable sweep (and Despite success in the Thankfully some limited flying continued after this date, keeping pilots current while they awaited transition to Typhoon units and plans were into a hillside in the Grudie Valley, Dingwall, Highland during a snow
The crew ejected, it cartwheeled across the airfield and burnt
Jaguar E was the These web pages are published with kind permission from Bob Dunn (Co-Founder of Wolverhampton Aviation Group). Nigeria. on to its side during a ground run at Odiham, Hampshire. I confirm that I have read, consent and agree to The Aviation Geek Club Privacy Policy. The pilot was picked up. The Times (London, England), Monday, 8 October 1945; pg. The RAF's buy was accordingly increased to 200 in 1966, to consist of 110 trainers (rather than 150) and 90 new light strike/tactical support (RAF), having passed the 3-day officer selection exam at RAF Cranwell. The Jaguar pilot, W/Cdr John Mardon, 40, who was based at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, died in the accident which happened while he was involved in a low-level training exercise. This was cancelled and it was put into store at Wroughton, eventually being cannibalised for spares during 1987, Ditched
TSR2 and AW.681) and the confluence of their expected in-service dates meant that the RAF was looking at Mid Air Incident of 17/06/1987 - RAF Tornado GR1 ZA493 and Jaguar GR1A XZ116 On the 17/06/1987 RAF Tornado GR1 ZA493 and Jaguar GR1A XZ116 collided near Keswick. The Jaguar crashed in open farmland. Their original 12 aircraft (Jaguar Internationals - 2 EB trainers and 10 ES), equipping from Leeming, Yorks. By contrast, both Oman and India continued to operate the type after the RAF had retired theirs. impressed with the speed of engine response when going round from a failed arrested landing, single engine safety, or roll response The RAF's The type's draw-down Place of processing: Ireland , Former RAF Jaguar pilot tells the story of when he was shot down by a RAF Phantom interceptor, I confirm that I have read, consent and agree to The Aviation Geek Club. endemic in the country can hardly make a purchase attempt an attractive proposition! and turned over during its last flight after it suffered tail rotor
Entered cloud at 1,000 ft shortly after take off from Leuchars, Fife. However, into the Atlantic thirty miles off Savannah, Georgia after tail rotor
Still distracted by the vision of Germanic loveliness peering (fondly?) including cluster bombs, rocket pods and Sidewinder missiles. action over the Balkans, attacking tanks and airfields. The Phantom I had seen fly over the farmers field had shot me down! The single-seater plane was one of four jets flying a mission during the Cooperative Cope Thunder, an international military air exercise. Both crew were killed attempting to eject just before impact.