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RAPEC (rocket-assisted personnel-ejection catapult) released to the fleet.

   January  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
9th January 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 144460
VF-103
 "Sluggers"
CVA-59
USS Forrestal		 Runaway fuel control waited until the plane flamed out at 11,000 feet Lt. William E. Haase
ejected and landed at an Italian Arsenal on the island of Sardinia (Italy)		 Vought
FEEDBACK

"I saw your F8U site and can add to one listing, I was on the USS Forrestal CVA59 during the 58-59 Med Cruise. Your listing 9 January 1959 was piloted by Lt. William Haase who had a runaway fuel control waited until the plane flamed out at 11,000 feet ,ejected and landed at an Italian Arsenal on the island of Sardinia (Italy)."

Sincerely Yours

Donald E. Sabo
[in email 5th September 2008]
12th January 1959
Neth		 Meteor           Martin-Baker
12th January 1959
Italy		 Vampire       L. M.Ralli   Martin-Baker
14th January 1959
USN		 Cougar       Lt. Cdr. R. H. Fielding   Martin-Baker
21st January 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 145376 VMF-334 Crashed in US Pilot ejected   Vought

22nd January 1959


USAF

F-100

2761

49th TFW/7th TFS

engine failure 5 miles south-east of Chalons-sur-Saone, France

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA
22nd January 1959 Civ CF-100       Mr. N.Hanc   Martin-Baker
29th January 1959
USAF		 F‑104C Starfighter 56‑0907 479th TFW caught fire 4 M SW of George AFB, CA, USA pilot ejected safely   Lockheed

   February 

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
1st February 1959
USAF		 B-58 Hustler     The pilot thought landed the plane at Eielson a few minutes later Captain Perry Amidon ejected at 24,000 feet. suspecting the aircraft he was in to be out of control. Uninjured recovered and flown back to base about an hour later in a helicopter   Convair
2nd February 1959
RAN
RN		 Sea Venom     in UK Sb. Lt. N.K. "Limpy" Louer (RAN) ejected sideways into soft
ground during his fighter course in UK		   Martin-Baker
He was always called Limpy on his return to the RAN because of his limp, but it never prevented him from completing his short service commission as a Sea Venom pilot in the RAN (via John Crawly)
18th February 1959
RAF		 Javelin FAW-1 XA569 87 Sqn Near Bruggen Flt. Lt. Richard "Dick"  A. J. Carrey ejected   Martin-Baker
Flt. Lt. Alec Cooper - ejection seat problems - unsuccessful - fatal   Martin-Baker
20th February 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 143781 VF-174 Crashed in US Pilot ejected   Martin-Baker
26th February 1959
Netherlands Air Force		 Hunter       Sgt.  D.Hogenbirk   Martin-Baker

27th February 1959


USAF

F-100

2936

50th TFW, 81st TFS

crashed 1.5 mi N of Napt, France

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA

   March
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
3rd March 1959
RN		  Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV917/ C/1 801 Sqn from HMS Centaur Ditched after ejection seat drogue streamed during catapult take off   Martin-Baker

12th March 1959


USAF

F-100

54-1976

36th TFW, 22nd TFS

crashed 2 mi from Wheelus AB, Libya

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA

12th March 1959


USAF

F‑89H

54‑0364

75th FIS

Lost aileron control on approach. Crashed1 1/2 M from Presque Isle AFB, ME USA

Pilot ejected safely

 

Northrop

Navigator killed

  

Northrop
18th March 1959
Belg 		 Hunter       Sgt. I.G.Demey    Martin-Baker
23rd March 1959
USN		  F-8A Crusader BuNo 144451 VF-211 Crashed in US Pilot ejected   Vought
24th March 1959
RAF 		 Hunter         check name   Martin-Baker

 April  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
3rd April 1959
USMC		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 143761 VMF-334 Crashed in US     Vought
7th April 1959
RAF		 Vampire       ejected   Martin-Baker
ejected   Martin-Baker
 9th April 1959
RAF		 Swift FR-5 XD928/G 2 Sqn Following engine failure pilot ejected. The aircraft landed on Rantum Beach, West Germany Flt. Lt. B. J. St Aubyn ejected  and landed in the North Sea. He was unable to release himself from his
chute shroud lines and so the rescue helicopter had to tow him to shore		   Martin-Baker
10th April 1959
RAF		 Vampire T11 XH 264 28 Sqn Crashed in Tat Hong Channel, Hong Kong Flg. Off. P.M.Dickenson   Martin-Baker
Flt Lt. BA Lewis   Martin-Baker
10th April 1959 Indian Air Force Canberra       Flt. Lt. S. N. Rampal  ??   Martin-Baker

11th April 1959


USAF

F-100

2803

48th TFW

crashed into sea 5 mi E of Wheelus AB, Libya

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA
13th April 1959
RCAF		 CF-100       P.0 GJLLarldn  ???   Martin-Baker
FIJLt. G.K.Murray ???   Martin-Baker
14th April 1959           to check   Martin-Baker
15th April 1959           to check   Martin-Baker
15th April 1959
USN		  Lockheed (T-33) Navy TV-2, ,  Buno 138080 NAS North Island , San Diego, CA. Control failure.   Lockheed
Lt (jg) W M Boardmen 
ejected
[first ejection, see also
26th August 1961
16th October 1961]		 Tom Scott Lockheed
21st April 1959           to check   Martin-Baker
24th April 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 143769 VF-211 Crashed in US. Pilot ejected   Vought
Saturday
 25th April 1959
USNR		 Grumman F9F-8T Cougar BuNo 142960 NAAS Chase Field in Beeville, Texas Bird strike., low level navigation flight--500 feet over water and 1000 ft over land   Grumman
Pilot ENS Felix Hugh Sherry, Jr ejected Pilot Instructor LTJG J. T.  O'Dell ejected Grumman
29th April 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 144459 VF-196 , CVA-,61, USS Ranger unknown Pilot ejected   Vought

 May  

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew seat photo
6th May 1959
RAF		 Hunter F4 XF996/ES-72 229 OCU on approach to Chivenor,
Devon, aircraft crashed onto Saunton Sand		 Flg. Off. N.H.I.Ferguson ejected   Martin-Baker
9th May 1959
USN		 T2J‑1     nr Cambridge, MD, USA pilot ejected safely   Lockheed

12th May 1959


USAF

F-100

2932

50th TFW, 81st TFS

crashed at Morsbach, West Germany

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA
21st May 1959
USAF		 RF-101   18 TRS   Shaw AFB, South Carolina, 66th TRW, Loan Fr.   J.Paul Carrodus ejected   Weber
30th May 1959
USN		 Cougar        Capt. J.S.Ratdaff   Martin-Baker
LT JG B.B.Woodworth    Martin-Baker
 USAF  

  McDonnell Douglas - RF-101

 

21st May 1959
 

   June    

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew seat photo
9th June 1959
USMC		 RF-8A Crusader BuNo 145619 VMCJ-1 Crashed in US Pilot ejected Martin-Baker  
10th June 1959
Sweden		 Hunter       LLUncigren??? Martin-Baker  
18th June 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 143820 NATC PAX Crashed in US Pilot ejected Vought  
25th June 1959
RN		 Sea Venom FAW21 XG696/442 891 Sqn into the Mediterranean S.Lt. A.R.Bradshaw ejected Martin-Baker  
Lt. PJ.Dale ejected Martin-Baker  
30th June 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 145393 VF-194. Crashed in US Pilot ejected    
30th June 1959 30th June 1959 F‑100 18th FBW  

caught fire on approach and crashed into a schoolnr Ishikawa City, Okinawa, Japan

Civilian casualties including fatalities.

 Pilot John Schmitz ejected safely   NAA
30th June 1959 30th June 1959 F‑104A 56‑0768 Edwards AFB Engine failure during take‑off,AFFTC, Edwards AFB, CA, USA pilot ejected safely   Lockheed 
 
 
15jun59      55‑2956  YF‑104A  US Navy, NAS China 
Lake, CA, USA, mechanical failure during take‑off ‑ aircraft was bail ed to
US 
Navy, pilot OK CHECK FOR EJECTION ????

 

   July     

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew seat photo
1st July 1959
USN		 Grumman F.9F-8T     Fire warning with smoke in the cockpit - in USA Pilot ejected at height 6,500ft, speed 165 knots without injuries   Martin-Baker A5

8th July 1959


USAF

F-100

54-1962

36th TFW, 53rd TFS

crashed 35 mi E of Chaumont AB, France

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA
9th July 1959
RAF		 Javelin       ejected   Martin-Baker
ejected   Martin-Baker
13th July 1959
USN		 Crusader       ??? is this a mistake and one of the Cougar crew listed below   Vought
13th July 1959
USN		 Grumman F.9F-8T Cougar       Pilot ejected height 7,000ft, speed 400
knots		   Martin-Baker A5
Other crew member ejected height 3,000ft, speed 300 knots   Martin-Baker A5
17th July 1959
RAF		 Supermarine Swift XD961 79 Sqn Crashed near
Gutersloh, West Germany		 Pilot ejected   Martin-Baker
21st July 1959
Royal Netherlands AF		 Hunter T7

 

   First successful ejection from a Hunter T7 in Holland Instructor ejected height 10,000ft
430 knots slightly hurt as he fired seat with one hand only		   Martin-Baker 4H1
Student ejected height 10,000ft
430 knots		   Martin-Baker 4H2
24th July 1959 Civ         Mr. R.G.Proudlove   Martin-Baker
Mr. I.G. Hurism   Martin-Baker
26th July 1959
USN 		F-8A Crusader BuNo 143696 H&MS-32 Crashed in US Pilot ejected   Vought
  OR IS THIS MISHAP  F8U‑1  DC  VMFA‑122, NC, USA, engine failed, pilot ejected safely

   August     

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
4th August 1959
RAF		 Meteor F.8     mid-air collision over Sylt, Germany Pilot Flt. Lt. R. S. McCarty ejected sustaining slight injuries at
3,000ft, 300 knots		   Martin-Baker 2E
7th August 1959
RAF		 Hunter F4 XF986/RS-11 229 OCU

Pilot ejected - aircraft hit the ground at
Youlton Farm, Sutcombe, SW of Bideford

 Flg. Off. A. J. B. Bametson ejected over Milton Dameral   Martin-Baker
10th August 1959
R.Neth. AF		 Hunter F.4     in Holland Pilot ejected safely at 11,000ft at 200 knots   Martin-Baker 2H
11th August 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 144440 VF-122 Crashed in US Pilot ejected   Vought

12th August 1959


USAF

F-100

53-1987

36th TFW, 22nd TFS

crashed 5 mi SSE of Wheelus AB, Libya
4 people on ground killed

Pilot ejected safely

  

NAA
24th August 1959
USN 		F-8A Crusader BuNo 145465 NATC PAX. CVA-62, USS Independence unknown Pilot ejected   Vought
25th August 1959
RAF 		Hunter F6 XF502/K 74 Sqn Collided with Hunter F6 XF425/H at 10,000ft at night when joining up near
the River Yare, Buckenham, Norfolk		 FIA.T P. P-Rayner ejected   Martin-Baker

Two RAF Hunter F6 [XF425/H & XF502/K of 74 Sqn collided at 10,000ft at night when joining up to carry out unauthorized aerobatics. One pilot ejected safely but the other had not removed the safety pin from the firing handle on his seat and was killed when the aircraft (XF425) crashed near the River Yare, Buckenham, Norfolk. XF502 crashed into a wood at Langley.
[bmal/85]
27th August 1959
RAF		 Swift FR.5 WN124/S 2 Sqn Jever

Engine failure
 approximately 5 mls South of Hameln(of Pied Piper fame landed in the river Weser after separation of the parachute harness. The aircraft crashed in a nearby field

 Flt. Lt. Roy Rimington ejected safely at 600 ft.



see also
16th December 1953

 Martin-Baker 2G

   September     

Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
1st September 1959
RAF		  Javelin FAW7 XH775/E 23 Sqn collided with XH781/J of 23 Sqn during night interception Pilot ejected   Martin-Baker
Navigator ejected   Martin-Baker

Two RAF Javelin FAW7, XH775/E & XH781/J of 23 Sqn. During a night interception XH781 flew into the back of XH775 at 26,000ft over Brundell, Norfolk. The crew of XF781 were killed while the other crew ejected safely.
4th September 1959
RCAF		 Avro CF.100     crashed at Bagotville, Canada Wg. Cdr. J. R. D. Braham ejected at 11,000ft at 260 knots. Pilot fired seat by
alternative firing handle while bent forward and suffered spinal injury		   Martin-Baker 2CFE
Sqn. Ldr J. H. C.
Boby ejected at 11,000ft at 260 knots		   Martin-Baker 2CFE
10th September 1959
USN		 F-8A Crusader BuNo 145414 VF-124 Crashed in US Pilot ejected   Vought
23rd September 1959
USN		 Grumman F.9F-8T     Moffett Field, USA

Lt. Jg  D. G. MacIntyre was uninjured after he suffered an inadvertent ejection when aircraft was inverted at 17,000ft at 375 knots. Servicing fault.
Seat not locked

   Martin-Baker A5
23rd September 1959
USN		 F-8C Crusader BuNo 145556 VX-3 Crashed in US Pilot Ejected   Vought
24th September 1959
RN		 Sea Hawk FGA6 XE385/109 of 800 Sqn   During a test flight from Lee-On-Solent, Hants pilot was forced to eject after the control stick jammed   Martin-Baker
28th September 1959
USN		 McDonnell F.3H.2      following engine failure in USA Pilot ejected safely at 38,000ft   Martin-Baker M5
29th September 1959
RAF		 Javelin FAW5 XA662/N 228 OCU Engine Fire near Leeming following double engine failure, crashed 30 miles west of RAF Leeming     Martin-Baker Mk.3J