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By George
RAAF CA27 Sabres (CAC built).
Thanks thought they were Sabres
"XH877 "C" of 64 Squadron was written off 22/6/1965: The aircraft had been directed to investigate an unidentified radar contact, which turned out to be a Borneo Airways C-47 Dakota. The port engine of the Javelin exploded as it passed the Dakota forcing the crew to eject.Per eyewitness report: "Reference the loss of XH877 on the 22nd of June 1965 over Tawau, Sabah, I was stationed at RAF Labuan and can remember reading a signals report on the crash. The pilot had shouted " eject...eject...eject" but the navigator for some unknown reason did not hear him: he was therefore, very surprised when his pilot suddenly and explosively departed! To his credit he soon followed. The report also had a typing error that became the talk of the communications wing, stating that the pilot had "ejaculated..!".
The aircraft crashed 20 miles north-east of Tawau, Sabah, Borneo and the Dakota circled the area until help arrived for the two crew - Flt. Lt. P. J. Hart (pilot), and Flt. Lt. P. E. "Dinger" Dell (navigator). They were picked up by a SAR Whirlwind helicopter, and flown back to Tengah"
via Aviation safety Net