2 results found
Registration / Serial:XM645
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 698 Vulcan
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 698 Vulcan
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET77
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Area:Zabbar [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Malta
Photo Date:14 October 1975
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:400173Submit Correction
View count: 408
Exploded and crashed in the village of Zabbar (approx. 3.5 miles from Luqa) on 14.10.75 after sustaining damage when it hit the undershoot of runway 24 during an aborted landing at Luqa; the two pilots ejected safely; three crew and two crew chiefs trapped on board were killed, along with one female civilian on the ground. Photo taken about four hours after the crash, with the RAF fire tender still on site and smoke still coming out of the wreckage. Aircraft was with 9 Squadron.
Registration / Serial:XM645
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET77
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Area:Zabbar [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Malta
Photo Date:14 October 1975
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:XM645
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 698 Vulcan
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 698 Vulcan
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET77
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Area:Zabbar [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Malta
Photo Date:14 October 1975
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:400173Submit Correction
View count: 408
Exploded and crashed in the village of Zabbar (approx. 3.5 miles from Luqa) on 14.10.75 after sustaining damage when it hit the undershoot of runway 24 during an aborted landing at Luqa; the two pilots ejected safely; three crew and two crew chiefs trapped on board were killed, along with one female civilian on the ground. Photo taken about four hours after the crash, with the RAF fire tender still on site and smoke still coming out of the wreckage. Aircraft was with 9 Squadron.
Registration / Serial:XM645
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET77
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Area:Zabbar [ Off-Airport ]Map (vicinity)
Country:Malta
Photo Date:14 October 1975
Photo by:John VisanichContact
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Day 1971
Photo Date:18 September 1971
Photo by:Alex Christie
Photo ID:149143Submit Correction
View count: 413
9 Squadron. Lost after an explosion over Malta on 14 October 1975
Registration / Serial:XM645
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET77
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 September 1971
Photo by:Alex Christie
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Day 1971
Photo Date:18 September 1971
Photo by:Alex Christie
Photo ID:149143Submit Correction
View count: 413
9 Squadron. Lost after an explosion over Malta on 14 October 1975
Registration / Serial:XM645
Aircraft Version:Avro 698 Vulcan B.2
C/n (msn):SET77
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 September 1971
Photo by:Alex Christie