8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago
Aircraft was Venom FB.1 WR357, flew into high ground during an attack on Lazarak during Operation Zipper on that date.
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Just to add a bit more to the two replies above.
Category Five by Colin Cummings states:
"8 Sqn, 1 mile south of Lazarak, Arabian Peninsular. The pilot was leading a pair of aircraft on an operational sortie. He attacked the target in a wadi with cannon but failed to clear the high ground after the attack and struck rising ground about 200 feet above the level of the wadi.
Flying Officer Walter Ralph Price, 25"
Category Five by Colin Cummings states:
"8 Sqn, 1 mile south of Lazarak, Arabian Peninsular. The pilot was leading a pair of aircraft on an operational sortie. He attacked the target in a wadi with cannon but failed to clear the high ground after the attack and struck rising ground about 200 feet above the level of the wadi.
Flying Officer Walter Ralph Price, 25"
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B-dave - That info came from "Category Five, A Catalogue of Aircraft Losses 1954-2009" by Colin Cummings.
There is also mention of Operation Zipper in "High Stakes: Britain's Air Arms in Action 1945-1990 By Vic Flintham and mentions WR357 in the text. You can see the pages when of the book when googled.
There is also mention of Operation Zipper in "High Stakes: Britain's Air Arms in Action 1945-1990 By Vic Flintham and mentions WR357 in the text. You can see the pages when of the book when googled.
