603DX, regarding the Phantom, I can't find any information about it, and it was a long time ago. I had passed out of Halton in 1977, the year of the incident, as an A.Eng Tech A/P. I did originally think that the airfield was Alconbury, but I could be getting mixed up with the 111Sqdn F4K which had the radome open in flight. That was 1980.
I have posted a photo of a 'broken' F4 in the past, it was 43Sqdn XT866. I was involved in an aileron change the night before that aircraft had its little accident! Yes, they do make a mess!
By the way, is this
ntlPA - Sites Viewer the photo you saw?