
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | XG332 |
Aircraft Original Type: | English Electric Lightning |
Aircraft Generic Type: | English Electric Lightning |
Aircraft Version: | English Electric P.1B Lightning |
C/n (msn): | 95021 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Hatfield (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGTH IATA: HTF Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 13 September 1962 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 451692 |
Photo Comment |
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One of the most amazing aviation photos, ever. Jim Mead was a professional photographer who went to Hatfield with his kids to see his neighbour, De Havilland test pilot Bob Sowray, fly the Lightning. In the end it was not Sowray but George Aird who flew that day. The tractor driver was alarmed by the bang of him ejecting following an engine fire. Aird crashed into one of the greenhouses and survived. Photo by: Jim Mead / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 7 April 2022, and has since been viewed 2849 times. |