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Date Air Force A'cft Unit  Serial

based

 crashed crew photo seat
20th January 1954
RN		 Sea Hawk ????     K. Gregson ejected DETAILS ???? Martin-Baker
7th February 1954
RN		 Sea Hawk F.1 WF171 '168'. ?? 806 Sqdn off HMS Eagle   Lt. Monsell ejected   Martin-Baker
22nd July 1954
RN		 Sea Hawk F.1 WF207
'189' ? 		804 Sqdn crashed near Lossiemouth S/Lt. G. Foster ejected   Martin-Baker
28th September 1954
RN		 Sea Hawk F.1 WF223 738 Sqdn

collided with WM909 28.9.54 at

Lt. Cdr. N. J. P. Mills ejected 20,000 ft   Martin-Baker

12  oct  1954  

WF235 

 

FF Baginton 19.12.53; Deld AHU Stretton 18.1.54; 738 Sqn Lossiemouth by 26.7.54; Whilst parked, hit by taxying WF226 17.9.54; On approach, nose‑dived into trees downwind of runway, Arthurs Bridge, nr airfield, near Milltown, explosion before hitting ground, set heather on fire blocking the road, Cat ZZ 12.10.54 (Lt I. G. A. Douglas killed)
 		  
12th October  1954
RN		 Sea Hawk F.1   738 Sqdn at Lossiemouth crashed on approach to Lossiemouth, 12 miles out Lt. Mills ejected 18,000 ft   Martin-BakerMk.2D
26th November 1954
RN		 Sea Hawk F.1

WF160
'ST/124'

 767 Sqdn at Stretton hit the ground in a dive, near the Manchester Ship Canal at West Arberton pilot Hadnutt ejected too late and was killed   Martin-Baker
13th March 1955
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA4 WV866
'165'		 806 Sqdn ?? During CAP duties the aircraft rolled out of control S. Lt. M. Cahill ejected and rescued by a Whirlwind helicopter check serial Martin-Baker
27th January 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA4 WV849 '121' 800 Sqdn HMS Ark Royal Lost in deep water off Malta after crashing into the sea after take‑off from HMS Ark Royal. Lt. A. R. Campbell ejected   Martin-Baker
9th February 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk F2 Can anyone match aircraft to pilots ?
 F2 WF276 / '644' of 738 Sqdn in mid-air collision with  FB3 WF282/'LM/643' 		Lt. G. J. Sherman ejected   Martin-Baker
9th February 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FB3 M. W. Hadcock   Martin-Baker
27th April 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk F2 WF255 767 Sqn During inverted part of slow roll at 20,000’ ejector seat fell out of SEAHAWK WF255. Seat operated automatically, pilot parachuted to safety. Aircraft disintegrated on ground impact near Pulborough Lt. Cdr. D. B. Ferne ejected   Martin-Baker
25th June 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FB3 WM968
 '466'		 897 Sqdn
HMS Eagle		 Crashed into Genoa Harbour after running out of fuel during a NATO exercise Cdr. K. A. Leppard ejected Martin-Baker
13th July 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FB3 WM916 '460' 897 Sqdn
HMS Eagle		 ditched near Hal Far after a flame out Lt. L. E. Middleton ejected   Martin-Baker
10th August 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE442
'233'		 810 Sqdn
HMS Bulwark		 ditched at sea  due to the undercarriage refusing to lower during a landing attempt at North Front, Gibraltar Lt. M. McCook Weir ejected   Martin-Baker
27th September 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk F1 WF156
 '849'		 836 Sqdn
Southern Air Division at Benson		 aircraft crashed at North Farm, Berwick, Oxford pilot ejected but sadly was killed   Martin-Baker
4th October  1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE405
 '232'		 810 Sqdn at Losslemouth flown off HMS Bulwark. A warning light came on and the aircraft crashed and was wrecked near to Malta Lt. J. D. Bridel ejected   Martin-Baker
5th October  1956 also seen as 15th October 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk F3B WM971
 '0/133'		 HMS Albion fuel tank warning light came on Lt. P. Cardew ejected   Martin-Baker
6th November 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE377 '195' 897 Sqdn aboard HMS Eagle lost on operations during the Suez campaign around the Port Said area Lt. J. H. Stuart-Jervis ejected   Martin-Baker
30th May 1957
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 WV869
151		 803 Sqdn at Lossiemouth observed to have some smoke trailing, followed by a full scale blaze, on take‑off from Lossiemouth pilot ejected about half a mile from Lossiemouth

WHO WAS THE PILOT

   Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK

Seahawk May 57 Lossiemouth  WV 869 [ Lt Harrison Air Weapons Instructor - I believe that a piece of perspex blocked the seat barastat unit and he came down in the seat and was killed] Its a long time ago but that was the story.
in email 24th October 2006
14th November 1956
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE375 NAS 897 aboard HMS Eagle Shot down over the road from Port Fuad and Ismailia over enemy territory. Lt. Donald F. Mills ejected and recovered by Whirlwind helicopter Martin-Baker
25th September 1957
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 WV854
 '150'		 803 Sqdn
HMS Eagle		 crashed into the sea Lt. S. Idiens ejected   Martin-Baker
9th December  1957
RN		 Sea Hawk
FGA.6		 WV906
'120' 		801 Sqdn at Brawdy mid‑air collision with WV803 B. P. Marindin ejected
 [see also 28th November  1960]		   Martin-Baker
22nd April 1958
RN		 Sea Hawk FB5 WM992
 '136'		 802 Sqdn
HMS Ark Royal		 lost at sea R. A. Chandler ejected   Martin-Baker
20th August 1958
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE379
'116'		 801 Sqdn at Brawdy

 Ejection seat not properly secured to the cockpit floor, the ejection seat drogue streamed during a catapult launch from HMS Bulwark and the aircraft went into the sea

 Details of pilot ?????

Possibly

Sub Lieutenant John Winslow

 
photo via former RAN pilot
 Sub Lieutenant John Winslow		 Martin-Baker
1st  September 1958
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE462
'106'		 800 Sqdn HMS Ark Royal crashed at Blackbushe during SBAC Show practice Lt. R. C. Dimmock ejected   Martin-Baker
8th September 1958
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 EE402 '166' 804 Sqdn in HMS Ark Royal Engaged in anti‑EOKA sorties In co‑operation with the Army Air Corps in Cyprus. collided with Sea Venom FAW.21 XG620 '225/A' Lt. T. M. Tuke ejected   Martin-Baker
7th November  1958
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV840 806 Sqdn '179'
Lossiemouth		 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea Lt. Cdr. G. A. Rowan-Thomson ejected   Martin-Baker
16th October  1959
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE445
 '128'		 801 Sqdn collision with another Sea Hawk off HMS Centaur J. G. Wood ejected   Martin-Baker
6th September 1960
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE449 '183' 806 Sqdn aboard HMS Albion lost at sea Lt. M. T. H. Styles ejected   Martin-Baker
24th November  1960
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 WV839 / '638'  

738 Sqdn -Lossiemouth
 

collided   during a formation change and crashed into the sea 5 miles off Lossiemouth off the Scottish coast

 

 S. Lt. Gordon Dobbie ejected picked up by SAR helicopter   Martin-Baker
24th November  1960
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE401 / '645/LM' S. Lt. M. L. Soper ejected picked up by SAR helicopter   Martin-Baker
 
Your question about the midair collision of two Seahawks off RNAS Lossiemouth on 24th November 1960. The leader was Lt. Cdr. Derek Monsell (The CO of 738 Sqdn) and the number two was Lieutenant Martin Howard. Both are still with us at the last coune!
Gordon Dobbie. One of the ejectees. If you need any other details then contact me at the above 'e' mail address
28th November  1960
RN		 Sea Hawk
 FGA.6		 WV915
'182'		 806 Sqdn at Brawdy off HMS Albion  in the Far East into the sea Lt. B. P. Marindin ejected
 [see also 9th December  1957]		   Martin-Baker

11th  June 1961
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk IN-161 300 Sqdn Cr in Sea off Brawdy, Isle of Wight Lt A G Jog ejected   Martin-Baker
25th July 1962

[mb27th]
RN
Airwork
FRU		 Sea Hawk WV919

"uncoded"

using call‑sign 'R/T726',

 FRU at Hurn touch‑down accident - Crashed into Bristol Channel off Weston Super Mare

CAN ANYONE CONFIRM

 Mr. A. Rhodes   Martin-Baker
6th January 1964
1600 Hrs
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk IN-162 300 Sqdn
Santa Cruz		 Crashed on take off Lt D K Yadav ejected   Martin-Baker
2nd January 1965
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   S./LT A. D. Bansod ejected   Martin-Baker
8th April 1965
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE374
 '982'
??		 Lossiemouth
???		 crashed into Lake Nam at Bonnach Lt. Cdr. M. W. M. Barron ejected   Martin-Baker
12th November  1965
RN
Airwork
FRU		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE459/030 Airwork
FRU		 Crashed near Hawley Lake (near Cove) Hampshire Mr. J. Mullins ejected
 		 Martin-Baker
29th March 1966
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. Yashwant  M. Bhide ejected   Martin-Baker
  The story is about Lieutenant Yashwant Bhide who was then with the 300 Squadron. During an exercise his Seahawk got into trouble off Bombay and he had to eject before the aircraft crashed. He spent a whole day and part of the night in the water and was eventually rescued by a fisherman and brought ashore at Versova. Hastening to reassure his parents then living in Bombay-his father had retired from the ICS and was the Chairman of the Bank or an Insurance Company I believe - he called from a public telephone and told his rather who had come to the phone that he was all right but that the aircraft was a total write-off. His father is reported to have said, 'Your mother and I are happy to have you back; but tell me, was the plane insured or do I have to pay for it?'
27th September 1966
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. A. Sinha ejected   Martin-Baker
20th August 1969
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk FGA6 IN-189

[WV844]		 300 Sqdn flame out during appr to Vikrant Lt. Kanjilal ejected

 

  		 Martin-Baker
4th February 1971
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. M. Bhada ejected   Martin-Baker
21st July 1971
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. T. K. Pal ejected   Martin-Baker
28th April 1972
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. V.K.Bhatnagar ejected   Martin-Baker
23rd September 1972
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. S. Mehta ejected   Martin-Baker
17th December  1974
Ind N		 Sea Hawk   300 Sqdn   Lt. S. Singh ejected   Martin-Baker
4th March 1976
Indian Navy		 Sea Hawk IN-241 300 Sqdn Rolled off deck of INS Vikrant. Pt Ejected U/W Cdr Peter A. Debrass ejected underwater and picked up by the SAR Helicopter   Martin-Baker
  An Indian Navy pilot, Commander Peter Debras, accomplished an extraordinary feat on 4 March 1976, when the VIKRANT's catapult malfunctioned and his Sea Hawk splashed down and sank in front of the carrier. The vessel then steamed directly over the top of the aircraft, and Debras cooly waited until it had passed over before ejecting and being rescued. It was the world's deepest successful ejection.
                 

 

I thought I had more on this, but Paul Jackson's 'German Military
Aviation 1956-1976' only has one match in the Sea Hawk listings.

>14th June 1961  Sea Hawk MFG1

c/n 6672 VB+123 (no circumstances given) - this was a Sea Hawk Mk.100
(as were all the first 34 of the 68 ordered by Germany.)

Compared to the treatment of other types, the book is surprisingly
thin on fates for the Sea Hawks - aside from a few scrappings, the
only other losses noted are for c/n 6670 / VB+120 on 17 Dec 63 and
c/n 6706 / RB+362 date unlisted.

(Quick trivia note - the German examples were all from AW production
- If I remember right, at a very early stage, Hawker passed over the
production line to the sister company so they could concentrate on
Hunters.  To the pedant, the last 'Hawker' Sea Hawk is the 35th F.1.)

 
3rd February
or
March 1958
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F100/1?   MFG1   Fhr zur See Cetto + DID PILOT EJECT ??  
4th August 1958
German Navy		 Sea Hawk   Husum  

Hochspannungsleitung

im Tiefflug berührt

High voltage transmission line in the low-altitude flight   nr Husum (West Germany)

Leutnant zur See Witter + DID PILOT EJECT ??  
8th December 1958
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VA+226
c/n 6659 		MFG1 hit obstacles while flying very low over Husum Air Force Base which was under construction, crashed at Ahrenviöl NE of Husum Lt.zur See Walter Witter killed DID PILOT EJECT ???  
14th January 1959
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VA+231
c/n 6664 		MFG1 lost control on IFR approach to home base Schleswig, crashed at Lottorf S of Schleswig, fatal accident over Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany) O.Leutnant zur See Horst  Rademacher killed DID PILOT EJECT ??  
21st April 1959
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VA+233
c/n 6666		   unspecified accident, but was repaired, finally went to Indian Navy as IN234 in 1966/67   DID PILOT EJECT ???  
11th December 1959
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VA+227
c/n 6660		  
overstressed in a flying manoeuvre,
stored until struck off charge in 1963 and broken up
   DID PILOT EJECT ???  
February 1960
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100   MFG1     DID PILOT EJECT ???  
22nd February 1960
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VA+222
c/n 6655		   suffered engine failure after take-off from home base Schleswig, crashed at Owschlag S of Schleswig Kpt. Lt. Lothar Riemer killed due to malfunction of ejection seat+(reportedly catapulted out of aircraft with seat but parachute failed)

EJECTED

FATAL

 		 
21st April 1960
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VB+123
c/n 6673		 MFG2 hit water while turning after air-water missile shooting on a sea target on Todendorf-Putlos sea range in Baltic Sea Olt.zur See Kurt Hirsch killed.  DID PILOT EJECT ?? O.Leutnant zur See  Deer +
11th May 1960
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VB+124 c/n 6674 2.MFGp suffered a belly landing, repaired   DID PILOT EJECT ???  
14th June 1961
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VA+224
c/n 6657		 MFG1
Rendsburg		 Ground contact in the low-altitude flight while turning steeply Leutnant zur See  Lothar Klütsch  + DID PILOT EJECT ??  
28th May 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.101 RB+375
c/n 6719		 1.MFGp no details known, apparently repaired and fitted with Sidewinder air-to-air missiles 4.63, finally b/u 65   DID PILOT EJECT ???  
13th July 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.101 RB+362
c/n 6706		 MFG1
 Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany)		 Zwischenfall bei Hakenfangübung auf dem Fliegerhorst (air base) Jagel, Lfz ausgebrannt (burned out), Pilot unverletzt

incident during hook catch exercise on the air base Jagel.
 vVeered off the runway at home base Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany) while testing the Kettenfanganlage on landing (arrester gear developed by the German Navy itself), aircraft badly damaged [burned out], stored and broken up 1965,

 Olt.zur See Reinhold Kiermayr unhurt

 

also seen as O.Leutnant zur See  Kirmar killed

 DID PILOT EJECT ??  
24th July 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.101 RB+249
c/n 6696		 2.MFGp no details known, finally b/u 65   DID PILOT EJECT ???  
18th August 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.101 RB+364
c/n 6708		 2.MFGp Shot on near Eisenach, East Germany and badly damaged, ended in emergency belly landing at Ahlhorn Luftwaffe air base, not repaired      
  18.08.62 Sea Hawk F.101  of  was , b/u 1965 (exact details of the incident can be found in the internet, I have seen it, but homepage not noted, try Google via "Eisenach Sea Hawk" or Eisenach-Kindel airfield links).

The Sea Hawk F.101 of the Federal Navy, with the military characteristic RB+364 (factory serial number 6708), had participated in an exercise with the aircraft carrier “Saratoga” in the Atlantic. The airplane belonged to the MFG-1, group of naval pilots of 2, in Schleswig Jagel. On 18 August 1962 in Gibraltar and flies against 13.20 o'clock starts it with three auxiliary tanks and an external container for reconnaissance equipments at the four wing stations with iron oh into 11.000 m height into the GDR. The machine, placed with which pilot captain second lieutenant Winkler, in the air space of the GDR of a MiG-21, fired at and substantially damaged.

After the bombardment succeeds captain second lieutenant Winkler GDR air space too abandoned and the avowed its air state of distress (“Mayday”). On demand of the soil it granted, the airplane is apparent airworthy still fully. Therefore from a forced landing on the nearest German Federal Armed Forces airfield Fritzlar was refrained. On the part of the group of naval pilots it had been made clear to the fighter controller in the ground station by telephone that it was most meaningful to fly to Bremen where Focke Wulf is resident as maintenance enterprise for the Sea Hawk. The pilot would have had the last power of decision, however the command situation bent themselves.

In the final approach in Bremen it stated that the chassis could be driven out neither hydraulically, electrically still with crank handle. It was too strongly damaged by the bombardment. In order not to bring the civilian flying operation in Bremen by an airplane averaged on the runway for many hours to succumbing, the pilot was arranged to the touch-and-go and to the belly landing in close convenient Ahlhorn, where the total damage appeared smallest.

The belly landing in Ahlhorn ran mild. The airplane had however on the Landweg to Focke Wulf to Bremen to be brought and 1965 with other suffered average Sea Hawks to be scrapped. Captain second lieutenant Winkler deceased some years later with an airplane disaster.

Already briefly forwards or during the forced landing some “important people” arrived on the Air Force air base, which carried neither uniforms of the navy nor the Air Force, but had much “to say”. The Seahawk was spent immediately after the Crash into a hangar. The reconnaissance pod was white painted (?) and removes separately.

 

The history of the RB+364 was not however yet to end:
Their remainders were invited at the end of of June 1966 into Nordenham Einswarden into the freighter ms Billetal of the Gerhard George Mertins from Heisterbacherro belonging company Merex AG. Goal port was Neapel. The ship headed for however directly the Suez channel and arrived to 23.07.1966 at Cochin/India. The remnants had been sold with the still useful parts of the others formerly 34 - in the year 1958 for the FRG of armed forces purchased - Sea Hawk to 23.06.1966 by the Federal utilization agency Vebeg to the Indian navy.

The sales, in particular the still 27 complete Sea Hawks for India, provided later for a scandal. The Sea of the German Federal Republic Hawks fought on Indian side in the war Indian-of Pakistan against Sabre jets of the German Federal Republic, which fought on side of Pakistan. Mr. Mertins got a term of imprisonment of several years, because of offence against the war weapon control law. Its letting, the whole Deal in is contrived by the Federal Information Service (Federal Intelligence Service), it only executing aide was, it before court was not believed.  The last Indian Sea Hawk was deactivated 1976.

 
27th September 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 6678 MFG2 collided with F.100 c/n 6671 of same unit when both aircraft tried to form a formation. 6678  crashed at Dörpstedt W of Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany) Kapitänleutnant  zur See Lothar Krull killed DID PILOT EJECT ???  
27th September 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 VB+121
c/n 6671		 MFG2  collided with F.100 c/n 6678 VB+128 of same unit when both aircraft tried to form a formation . 6671 crashed at Dörpstedt W of Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany) Olt.zur See Heinrich Stocks killed DID PILOT EJECT ???  
12th October 1962
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100 RB+376
c/n 6720		 MFG1 pilot lost orientation after take-off in bad weather from home base Schleswig, crashed at Geltorf (Kropp?) S of Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany) Hans-Jörg Sander killed  DID PILOT EJECT ??  
                 
14th June 1963
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F-101   VB+122
 c/n 6672 		MFG1  collided with water in North Sea on a  weapons instruction sortie from Lossiemouth,  east of the Scottish Coast Gp Kapitän-Leutnant  zur See Karl-Heinz Lange killed NO EJECTION  
 

I was at Lossie from Jan 63 to Sept 64 and in that period we had a group of German Sea Hawks over for a shortish training session. When they arrived we showed them the local area in a lead sortie and then sent them off for a solo recce. The CO failed to return having performed low-level aeros over a fishing boat off Buckie which was not part of his briefing and which ended with him and his aircraft hitting the sea. No ejection and not too much found apart from his bonedome and some of the Hawk wing tank.
Apparently he was the "n"th CO to spear in low level in the previous few years. Reasons? Who knows for sure but there were a number of probable guesses?
in reply from PPRuNe 27th November 2006
17th December 1963
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F-101 VB+120 c/n  6670 MFG1
 Schleswig-Jagel (West Germany)

Absturz bei RADAR-Anflug

auf den Fliegerhorst Jagel

 

Crash  nr Geltorf pilot lost orientation during IFR approachto home base Schleswig in bad weather, crashed at Geltorf S of Schleswig, West Germany

 O. Leutnant zur See  Jens Töpert [MFG1]+ any ejection attempt ??  
9th June 1964
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100
or
F.101		 RB+370
c/n 6714		 MFG2 lost control after formation take-off from Nordholz due to left wing not arrested, destroyed by fire after impact Olt.zur See Wolfgang Engelmann unhurt DID PILOT EJECT ???  
18th July 1964
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100     no details DID PILOT EJECT ???    
6th August 1964
German Navy		 Sea Hawk F.100     no details DID PILOT EJECT ???    

 

04.08.1958

Husum

Sea Hawk

?

LtzS Witter †

Hochspannungsleitung

im Tiefflug berührt

 

22.02.1960

?

Sea Hawk

?

KptLt Riemer †

 

 

 

21.04.1960

?

Sea Hawk

?

OLtzS Hirsch †

 

 

 

14.06.1961

Rendsburg

Sea Hawk

?

LtzS Klütsch †

Bodenberührung

im Tiefflug

 

13.07.1962

Jagel

Sea Hawk

?

OLtzS Kirmar

Zwischenfall bei Hakenfangübung auf dem Fliegerhorst Jagel, Lfz ausgebrannt, Pilot unverletzt

 

12.10.1962

Kropp

Sea Hawk

?

KKpt Sander †

 

 

 

14.06.1963

Schottland

Sea Hawk

VB+122

KKpt Lange †

 

 

 

17.12.1963

Geltorf

Sea Hawk

VB+120

OLtzS Töpert †

Absturz bei RADAR-Anflug

auf den Fliegerhorst Jagel
Date            Unit                  A/C                      Pilot                        Cause
1958
8/12           MF/MFG1         ?                           Ltz S.                    Pilot killed
                                                                        Witter
 
1959
14/1                "                      ?                        OLtz S.                  Pilot Killed
                                                                       Rademacher
 
24/4            MF                     ?                            ?                         Crashed in N.Schleswig.
                                                                                                       Pilot safe (Ejected?)
 
11/12          MF                     ?                            ?                        Heavily damaged during
                                                                                                      landing. Pilot safe.
 
1960
01/2            MF/MFG1         ?                          Kpt Lt                   Pilot killed
                                                                          Reimer
 
22/2            MF                     ?                            ?                         Crashed near Ourschlag
                                                                                                       after take off. Pilot killed.
 
21/4            MF/MFG1          ?                          OLtz S.                Pilot Killed.
                                                                           Hirsch
 
11/5            MF                     ?                             ?                        Wheels up landing. Pilot
                                                                                                       safe.
 
1961
14/6            MF/MFG1        ?                        ?                   Rendsburg - hit ground
                                                                                     in low flight. Pilot killed.
 
1962
28/5          MF                ?                        ?                    N.Schlewig - exploded
                                                                                      during take off. Pilot
                                                                                      safe.
 
13/7         MF/MFG1       ?                        ?                   N.Schlewig - a/c written
                                                                                     off during barrier test.
                                                                                     Piot safe.
 
24/7         MF                  ?                        ?                   Heavily damaged
                                                                                      during landing. Pilot
                                                                                      safe.
 
27/9            MF/MFG1           ?                       Kpt Ltz                   Mid-air collision. Both
                                                             Krull/                  Pilots killed.
                                                             O Ltz S
                                                                         Stocks
 
12/10         MF/MFG1            ?                        Kkpt                       Pilot safe (?)
                                                                          Sander
 
1963
4/6             VB+122/F101     ?                        Kpt Lt.                   Both pilots safe                 
                                                                          Zander(?)             (ejected?). Mid-air
                  MF/MFG2/ VA112    ?                   Kpt Lt Bulk           Collision? One a/c 
                                                                    Zusammenenstubb   dived into N.Sea,
                                                                                                        other into Ostsee.
 
17/12        MF/MFG2  VB+120?F101             OLtz S.                 Pilot killed - cause?
                                                                           Toopert 
 
1964
9/7           MF                              ?                          ?                       Pilot safe. (WG?)
                                                                                                         during landing.
 
18/7         MF                              ?                          ?                       Crashed during
                                                                                                         wheels up landing.
                                                                                                         Pilot safe.
 
6/8           MF                              ?                           ?                          -  Ditto -
 
 
That's it! Had some trouble trying to translate, but 95% is right, but no a/f #'s or squadron number.

 

Peter-Michael Gerhardt    
 
 Hello,
just to add that the Sea Hawk incident over East Germany can be found at www.luftfahrt-eisenach.de.vu
Interesting to read again that it was a MiG21, and that the Sea Hawk pilot named Knut Winkler later had a fatal accident, which I cannot find however. I have asked my East German friends to peruse if the MiG21 and its pilot can be found in the archives.
 
The Sea Hawk had been in USA for trials and shipped to Gibraltar, from where it returned to Germany with long-range ferry tanks fitted on  the accident flight. The reports about an exercise with the USN aircraft carrier might be wrong. 
 
Greetings





ARMSTRONG-WHITWORTH SEA HAWK F. 100 and F.101
68 aircraft built 1957·9 at Coventry, with production equally divided
between the two versions - the first 34 listed being F.l00s. Except
where indicated otherwise, they all passed to VFW at Bremen when
withdrawn in 1964-65. 28 were sold to India after the 1966
Indo-Pakistani confrontation.
C/n                    Codes                           Remarks
6643                 VA220
6644                 VA221
6645                 VA222                           disposed of for scrap 1960 .
6646                 VA223
6647                 VA224                           disposed of for scrap 1962
664B                 VA225
6649                 VA226                           disposed of for scrap 1960
6650                 VA227                           disposed of for scrap 1963
6661                 VA228
6662                 VA229
6663                 VA230
6664                 VA231                           disposed of ior scrap 1960
6665                 VA232
6666                 VA233
6667                 VA234                           preserved at Jagel
6668                 VA235
6669                 VA236
6670                 VS120                           w/o 17-12-63
6671                  VB121                            disposed of for scrap 1963
6672                 VBI22                            w/o 14-6-63
6673                 VB123                           disposed of for scrap 1960
6674                 VB124
6675                 VB125
6676                 VB126
6677                 VB127
6678                 VB128                           disposed of for scrap 1963
6679                 VB129
6680                 VB130
6681                 VB131
6682                 VB132
6683                 VB133
6684                 VB134
6685                 VB135
6686                 VB136                           preserved at Murvik
6688                 RB241
6689                 RB242
6690                 RB243
6691                 RB244
6692                 RB245
6693                 RB246
6694                 RB247
6695                 RB248
6696                 RB249
6697                 RB250
6698                RB251
6699                 RB252
6700                 RB253
6701                 RB254
6702                 RB255
6703                 RB256
6704                 RB360
6705                 RB361
6706                 RB362 w/o
6707                 RB363 preserved at Eggebek
6708                 RB364
6709                 RB365
6710                 RB366
6711                  RB367
6712                 RB368
6713                 RB369
6714                 RB370
6715                 RB371
6716                 RB372
6717                 RB373
6718                 RB374
6719                 RB375
6720                 RB376                           disposed of for scrap 1963

HAWKER SEA HAWK Mk.50
The prototype Sea Hawk, the P.1081, flew on 9 June 1950 and was followed
by 35 aircraft built by Hawker. Further production was undertaken by
Armstrong Whitworth, comprising 214 for the Royal Navy, 68 for Germany,
14 for India and the Dutch order. Although now obsolete, the type still
remains in service on the Indian Aircraft carrier 'Vikrant'.
Twenty-two aircraft, replacing Sea Furies, delivered to 860 Sq and later
3 Sq between 18 July 1957 and 29 January 1958. British serials were
allocated but not carried. The type was withdrawn by December 1964.

Serial              C/n                  Ex·RN             Remarks
6-50                 6621                XL237              To 111           
6-51                 6622                XL238              To 112           
6-52                 6623                XL239              To 113           
6-53                 6624                XL240              w/o 6.11.57    
6-54                 6625                XL241              To 114           
6-55                 6626                XL269              To 115           
6-56                 6627                XL270              To 116           
6-57                 6628                XL271              To 117           
6-58                 6629                XL272              To 118           
6-59                 6630                XL273              To 119           
6-60                 6631                XL274              To 120           
6-61                 6632                XL275              To 121            w/o 30.9.59    
6-62                 6633                XL305              To 122           
6-63                 6634                XL306              To 123           
6-64                 6635                XL307              To 124           
6-65                6636                XL308              To 125            w/o 9.3.62      
6-66                6637                XL309              To 126            w/o 8.7.60      
6-67                6638                XL310              To 127           
6-68                 6639                XL311              To 128           
6-69                 6640                XL312              To 129           
6-70                 6641                XL313              To 130           
6-71                 6642                XL314              To 131           
 

 

Deutsche Marine

Marinefliegergeschwader 1 (Naval Air Wing)
Marinefliegergeschwader 2

 

6th November 1957
Dutch Navy
 Koninklijke Marine		 Sea Hawk FGA50/6-53  6637     XL309
c/n080760		 MLD Crashed near Oud-Beyerland (NL)

crashed into Indian Ocean ????????

  (Killed)

 

 DID PILOT EJECT ??? Not certain of facts for this aircraft
30th September 1959
Dutch Navy
Koninklijke Marine		 Sea Hawk FGA50/6-61

WA6632
XL275
c/n 300959

 MLD  Crashed 35m west of  Kijkduin (NL)

crashed after take off from HMS Karel Doorman

 (Killed) DID PILOT EJECT ???  
8th July 1960
Dutch Navy
Koninklijke Marine		 Sea Hawk FGA50/126   

WA6637
XL308
/ 090362

  MLD Fell over the side of the carrier Karel Doorman off Freemantle West. Australia.

crashed into sea near Katwyk

   DID PILOT EJECT ???  
9th March 1962
Dutch Navy
Koninklijke Marine		 Sea Hawk FGA50/125 

WA6636
XL307~
c/n 060364

 MLD Crashed into North Sea near Katwijk (NL)Valkenburg (Killed)  DID PILOT EJECT ???  
                 

Serial                toc         soc         c/n                   ex        fate
111 Seahawk FGA50    180757 311264 6621     XL237    b/u
112 Seahawk FGA50    200857 140764 6622     XL238
113 Seahawk FGA50    300757 311264 6623     XL239    b/u
114 Seahawk FGA50    050957 020364 6625     XL241    b/u Valkenburg 1964
115 Seahawk FGA50    200857 290363 6626     XL269
116 Seahawk FGA50    170957 311264 6627     XL270    b/u
117 Seahawk FGA50    170957 140764 6628     XL271
118 Seahawk FGA50    231057 020364 6629     XL272    b/u Valkenburg 1964
119 Seahawk FGA50    011057 311264 6630     XL273    b/u
120 Seahawk FGA50    231057 311264 6631     XL274    b/u
121 Seahawk FGA50    061157 300959 6632     XL275    cr
122 Seahawk FGA50    231157 221164 6633     XL305
123 Seahawk FGA50    131157 140764 6634     XL306
124 Seahawk FGA50    131157 060364 6635     XL307    b/u Valkenburg 1964
125 Seahawk FGA50    261157 090362 6636     XL308    cr into sea nr Katwyk
126 Seahawk FGA50    031257 080760 6637     XL309    cr into Indian Ocean
127 Seahawk FGA50    170158 311264 6638     XL310    b/u
128 Seahawk FGA50    181257 290363 6639     XL311    b/u De Kooy
129 Seahawk FGA50    181257 311264 6640     XL312    b/u
130 Seahawk FGA50    080158 020364 6641     XL313    b/u Valkenburg 1964
131 Seahawk FGA50    290158 311264 6642     XL314    b/u
 

 

Acknowledgements
&
Sources
(to be completed)

 

BARG - Publications during 1984 - 1900
Alan Southcombe
P. V. S. Jagan Mohan
Stefan Goossens
SCRAMBLE.nl
Air Britain Publications
Michael Doust RN
Peter-Michael Gerhardt
Lorence
Air Britain
Mike Tiyhe
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