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Hawker Hunter F56 BA-265

Construction Number Not Available
Other Identities Not Available
Dates in Service : 1958-11-10 - 0000-00-00
Status: Written Off
Remarks: w/o 24-Nov-1958
Date of Crash  23 Nov 58 Aircraft Type  Hunter F56
Serial Number  BA-265 Unit  
Pilot details Flt Sgt Laurence Howard Jones (RAF) +
Short Text  The aircraft was being ferried from U.K. to India by a Royal Air Force pilot At Jamnagar airfield it failed to take-off; and crashed at the end of the runway. The pilot was killed; and the aircraft was destroyed. - Chute deployed on TO Jamnagar .
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