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Old 25th Sep 2003, 14:20
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hjc
 
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Not wishing to doubt you but I am very surprised at the number of fatalities you describe over that period, not least because I can only find details of one fatal crash at Kemble in that time scale:

3rd March 1978 Gnat T1 XR981 (both crew killed while performing aerobatics).

HJC

Aha. Make that two:

XR573 of the CFS (which is why I didn't pick it up first time) crashed on 26/3/69 having hit a tree. Pilot killed. That one was on loan to the Reds.

HJC

Aha. Make that two:

XR573 of the CFS (which is why I didn't pick it up first time) crashed on 26/3/69 having hit a tree. Pilot killed. That one was on loan to the Reds.

HJC

Indeed I have now found the other crash and that does make 7 fatalities, as you say:
20/1/71 XR545 and XR986 collided during practice as Synchro pair. All four crew killed.

Hopefully the dates of these incidents might at least help in your quest. Sorry for the multiple replies.

I sit corrected!

HJC
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