XX279 - Royal Air Force (Hawk T.1)

Photo of aircraft XX279 operated by Royal Air Force

Aircraft Details

Frame Details
Serial000104
Line Number312104
First Flight
ModelHawk T.1
StatusCrashed
Commentscrashed 30/1/1985 into the Bristol Channel off Swansea Bay, the pilot - Flight Lieutenant Guy Benedict Ward - ejected, but he sank on hitting the water and drowned, the official MoD/RAF Board of Inquiry asserted that Flt Lt Ward was already unconcious before he hit the water: his body was not found, nor recovered. The official cause of the crash - from what little wreckage that was recovered - attributed the blame to an aileron malfunction
  Reg Airline Delivered Status
Not Seen It! XX279 Royal Air Force 20/4/1979 Crashed

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SIGHTINGS

Sighting Details Image
24/07/1985 - EGDC - colin woods
09/03/1983 - EGDC - waldo57
31/12/1982 - 1982 - Oiram
11/12/1982 - WID - LIN104
T.1, No.63 Squadron
11/12/1982 - WID - spotter1
Hawk T.1, No.63 Squadron
22/09/1979 - EGKB - saxonms
02/06/1979 - EGPK - egpk1331