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On 8 February 1956 the Royal Air Force lost six Hawker Hunter jet fighters in a multiple aircraft accident. Eight aircraft from RAF West Raynham had been carrying out a 4x4 dogfight exercise at . Upon completion of the exercise the eight Hunters diverted to RAF Marham but due to bad weather six of the aircraft were lost including one fatality. ==Accident== The eight Hunter F1s from the Day Fighter Leader Squadron of the Central Fighter Establishment departed RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, England at 10:50 to carry out the exercise at in the local area. Due to the expected bad weather later in the day the aircraft were scheduled to return to West Raynham overhead by 11:15. By 11:00 the weather at West Raynham had deteriorated with poor visibility〔(Service Aviation ) ''Flight'' 17 February 1956 p201〕 and the aircraft were told to divert to nearby RAF Marham for a visual approach. The visibility suddenly reduced but due to the close proximity of the aircraft to each other it was not possible to complete ground controlled approaches. In the following confusion and with only 10 minutes of fuel remaining, only two aircraft landed successfully. ;WT629 :Descended to , but, unable to see the ground, he climbed away to and ejected with the aircraft crashing into a field northwest of Swaffham. ;WT639 :Descended to , but, unable to see the ground, he climbed away. The pilot ejected when the engine flamed out. The aircraft crashed into a forest southwest of Swaffham.〔 ;WW633 :Descended to , but, unable to see the ground, he climbed away. The pilot ejected when the engine flamed out. The aircraft crashed into a field northwest of Swaffham.〔 ;WW639 :Descended to , but, unable to see the ground, he climbed away. The pilot ejected when fuel was exhausted. The aircraft crashed south of Swaffham.〔 ;WW635 :Crashed northwest of Swaffham, pilot killed.〔 ;WW603 :Belly-landed following engine flame-out just east of the airfield, pilot unhurt.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1956 Hawker Hunter multiple aircraft accident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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