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Brian 48nav
 
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The first loss was at Fairford in '69 - co-pilot training I believe (30 Sqn)
The next was at Pisa in '71, just after take-off on what was to have been a 9 ship low level night into day followed by dropping Italian paras on a DZ in Sardinia - only the first 6 got airborne and No3 ( 24 Sqn ) flew into the sea killing all on board.
The third was at Tromso when the a/c left the runway and fell into a ditch ISTR. I think it broke its back. (24 Sqn ). The crew survived.
198 crashed at Colerne in Sept' 73, also on co-pilot training ( 48 Sqn ).

I think it was another 20 years before the next fatal loss in Scotland on low-level.
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