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Bob Dornan

Russian Tests from a heavily modified Il-28 "10 Blue" in the early 1960s.

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January

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
4^th January 1960	USAF	F-100	??-2799	50th TFW/10th TFS	crashed 2 mi SW of Getafe Spain	Pilot ejected safely		NAA
7th January 1960	USN	Crusader F-8C	145571	VF-84 CVA-62, USS Independence	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
8th January 1960	USMC	Crusader F-8A	143745 WV or WU	VMF-334 "Falcons"	Crashed in the US	Pilot William C "Bill" Mirams ejected at about 250 feet, nose down. [personal testimony - 7/April/2006]		Vought Seat with recent mods. to improve performance
8th January 1960	RAF	Hunter F6	XJ675	93 Sqn	The a/c crashed into a house five miles NE of Aurich, West Germany injuring two civilians	Sqn. Ldr. D.S.White ejected.		Martin-Baker
7th January 1960	USAF	T‑33A	53‑5054	49th TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany	SE of Spangdahlem AB	Pilot ejected
7th January 1960	USAF	T‑33A	53‑5054	49th TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany	SE of Spangdahlem AB	Other crew ejected
10^th August 1960	USAF	F-100	2048		crashed in Arizona	pilot ejected		NAA
18th January 1960	USAF	F‑104A	56‑0873	538th FIS	engine failed due to oils pressure loss. Crashed 4 M NE of McLoud, OK, USA	pilot ejected safely		Lockheed
19th January 1960	R. Danish AF	Hunter F.51			following flame-out on approach Skrydstrup, Denmark	Flt. Lt. K. Rasmussen ejected safely at 1,000ft . First ejectee in R. Danish AF		Martin-Baker 2H

February

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
???? February 1960	Ryan	VZ-3RY Vertiplane	56-6941		Moffett Field, USA	Glenn Stinnett ejected suffering slight injuries at 1,000ft. First ejection from a VTOL aircraft.		Martin-Baker VRN4
1st February 1960	R. Ceylon AF [RCyAF]	Jet Provost 3		Katunayake, Ceylon	practicing for the Independence Day Fly Past the aircraft experienced a flame out shortly after take-off. Crashed into the Negombo Lagoon.	P/O Noel H. Lokuge ejected safely at 350ft at 115 knots landed in the Negombo lagoon		Martin-Baker 4P
2nd February 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			following fuel exhaustion - USA	Lt. A.L. Alexander ejected safely at 4,000ft and 4,500ft at 155 knots		Martin-Baker A5]
2nd February 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			following fuel exhaustion - USA	J. A. Osbourne ejected 4,500ft at 155 knots		Martin-Baker A5]
5th February 1960	RAF	Swift FR5	WK298/0	79 Sqn	following flame-out crashed near Fallingbostel in Germany	Flt. Lt. E. J. E. Smith suffered skight injuries after ejecting at 2,000ft at 200 knots		Martin-Baker 2G
5th February 1960	USN	Crusader F-8C	146954	VMF-451	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
6th February 1960	RN	Scimitar F.1			following engine failure Lossiemouth, Scotland	Lt. Cdr. Davies suffered slight injuries when he ejected at 200ft at low speed		Martin-Baker 4C
9th February 1960	USN	McDonnell F3H-2 Demon			following loss of control - in USA	Pilot suffered slight injuries after ejecting at 500ft		Martin-Baker M5
12th February 1960	RN	Sea Venom 22			lost at sea	Lt. Sturgeon ejected safely at 50ft at 120 knots.		Martin-Baker 4A2
12th February 1960	RN	Sea Venom 22			lost at sea	Lt. G. Stanley suffered slight injury after he ejected underwater at 0 knots. Second ejection underwater with Martin-Baker seat.		Martin-Baker 4A1
17th February 1960	USN	Crusader F-8A	144441	VF-124	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
24th February 1960	RN	Sea Venom 22			following engine failure lost at sea	Lt. Wilkinson ejected safely		Martin-Baker 4A1
24th February 1960	RN	Sea Venom 22			following engine failure lost at sea	S. Lt. James ejected safely		Martin-Baker 4A2
23rd February 1960	USAF	F-86			over the Pacific Ocean, rescued by helo	Robert "Bob" Dornan		NAA
8th February 1960	USN	FJ-4B Fury	143566 NK3	VFA-146		Brian Woods ejected [ejected again in 1968 and became POW]		NAA

Can anyone give details / date for Robert "Bob" Dornan's other ejection

March

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
1st March 1960	USAF	F‑100E	56‑3828	7th TFS/49th TFW	Collided with F‑100D 55‑3667 which landed safely, 9 M SE of Spangdahlem AB, West Germany	pilot ejected safely		NAA
5th March 1960	RAF	Lightning F.1			in England	Sqn. Ldr. R. Harding suffered slight injuries after ejecting at 15,000ft at 225 knots.		Martin-Baker 4BS
7th March 1960	USAF	F‑104A	56‑0820	83rd FIS, Castle AFB, CA, USA	Gearbox scavenge pump failure	pilot ejected safely		Lockheed
7th March 1960	RAF	Supermarine Swift FR5	XD969/H	79 Sqn	rashed 2 miles from Gutersloh, Germany Engine flamed out in the circuit	Flt. Lt. J. E. Nevill ejected at 100ft at 170 knots and suffered slight injuries.		Martin-Baker 2G
9th March 1960	RAF	Javelin FAW.8	XH988/X		crashed at Carleton, near Carlisle	Flt. Lt. M. Gill ejected at 2,000ft at 250 knots suffered slight injuries		Martin-Baker 3JS
9th March 1960	RAF	Javelin FAW.8	XH988/X		crashed at Carleton, near Carlisle	Sqn. Ldr. R. Lydall ejected at 2,000ft at 250 knots suffered slight injuries		Martin-Baker 3JS
11th March 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			Following engine failure in USA	Lt. G.L. Cliff ejected at 7,500ft at 135 knots and suffered slight injuries		Martin-Baker A5J
11th March 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			Following engine failure in USA	Cdr. R.P. Coogan had ejected safely at 11,000ft at 160 knots		Martin-Baker A5J
15th March 1960	RN	Sea Venom 22			lost at sea	Lt. R. Riley ejected at 6,000ft at 210 knots - suffered slight injuries		Martin-Baker 4A1
15th March 1960	RN	Sea Venom 22			lost at sea	S. Lt. Brown - ejected at 6,000ft at 210 knots suffered slight injuries		Martin-Baker 4A2
15th March 1960	USAF	F‑104C	56‑0930	479th TFW Moron AB, Spain	engine lost power shortly after take‑off near Moron AB, Spain	pilot ejected safely		Lockheed
17th March 1960	USN	Crusader F-8B	BuNo 145500	VMF-232	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
18^th March 1960	USAF	F-100	56-3290	49th TFW	crashed 18 miles north of Spangdahlem AB, West Germany	Pilot ejected safely		NAA
18th March 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			in USA	pilot ejected		Martin-Baker A5J
18th March 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			in USA	other crew ejected		Martin-Baker A5J
23rd March 1960	Swiss AF	Venom			following a mid-air collision in Switzerland	Lt. J. Etter ejected safely		Martin-Baker 2F
23rd March 1960	USN	Crusader RF-8A	146841	VFP-63, CVA-19, USS Hancock	Crash area unknown	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker A5
29th March 1960	USN	Crusader F8U-2 (F-8C)	BuNo 145552	VF-84, CVA-62, USS Independence	Bad Cat shot	Pilot Doug Clower ejected [ejected a second time 19th November 1967 and became POW]		Martin-Baker
29^th March 1960	USAF	F-100	56-3284	48th TFW/493rd TFS	flameout crashed on the El Uotia range	Pilot ejected safely		NAA

April
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
7th April 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			following flame-out in USA	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker A5J
7th April 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			following flame-out in USA	crew member ejected		Martin-Baker A5J
9th April 1960	RAF	Hunter F.6			after engine failure in Cyprus	F. Off. J. Cleaver ejected safely at 2,000ft at 200 knots		Martin-Baker 2H
	Hello Mike, I came across your website recently and thought you may be interested in the following:- May 4th 1961-Hunter F6 XG238/F. I was on duty in flight operations at RAF Nicosia when this flight was planned and the aircraft and pilot subsequently sadly lost. I seem to recall that this was a test flight following repairs and I believe that the pilot was F/O J Cleaver who had ejected from a Hunter previously in 1960 - also in cyprus. Regards Alan Suckley
14th April 1960	RCAF	Avro CF-100			in France	F. Off. Saulnier ejected safely at 16,000ft		Martin-Baker 2CFE
14th April 1960	RCAF	Avro CF-100			in France	F. Off. Clark ejected safely at 16,000ft		Martin-Baker 2CFE
15th April 1960	USN	Crusader F-8C	146978	VF-84, CVA-19	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
15th April 1960	Belgian A. F.	Hunter 1				Major J.Lauwers ejected		Martin-Baker

May
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
2^nd May 1960	USAF	F-100	2835	48th TFW/494th TFS	crashed near Halesworth, England	Pilot ejected safely		NAA
5th May 1960	USN	Grumman F9F-8T			in USA	Lt.(jg) R. M. Byrne ejected at 250ft suffering slight injuries		Martin-Baker A5
17th May 1960	USN	Crusader F-8A	142411	VMF-312	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
21st May 1960	RAF	Javelin			in England	Fl. Lt D. J. Wyborn ejected (2nd ejection)		Martin-Baker 3J
21st May 1960	RAF	Javelin			in England	Fl. Lt. J.S. Clark ejected		Martin-Baker 3J
21st May 1960	RAF	Javelin			in North Sea	Fl. Lt. J. S. Wilson ejected and suffered slight spinal injuries		Martin-Baker 3J
21st May 1960	RAF	Javelin			in North Sea	F. Off. E. Wood ejected and suffered slight spinal injuries		Martin-Baker 3J
24th May 1960	RAAF	Vampire	1 AFTS, near Pearce, W.A			Pilot CADTC K. J. Williams Ejected approx. 6,000ft landed safely with minor injuries		Martin-Baker Mk3B

June
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
2nd June 1960	USMC	Crusader F-8B	BuNo 145508	VMF-232	in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
4th June 1960	Convair	B-58 Hustler				Pilot ejected at supersonic speed killed
						Crew Member ejected at supersonic speed killed
						Crew Member ejected at supersonic speed killed
The Convair B-58 Hustler was flown by company test crew left light cloud formation at 42,000ft and confronted by huge thunderhead rising to 50,000ft. Due to high speed the aircraft was unable to avoid the storm and suffered damage. The three crew ejected, between 26,000ft. and 16,000ft. at supersonic speed while bomber was rolling to the left, using ejection seats with M-3 catapult. The aircraft landed inverted at a 70 degree angle leaving a crater sixty feet wide and 30 feet deep. All crew suffered severe fatal injuries. [The Dangerous Sky p. 240]
7th June 1960	USN	F-8C Crusader	BuNo 147039	NATC PAX	in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
7th June 1960	USN	F-8B Crusader	BuNo 145418	VF-154, CVA-43, USS Coral Sea	Crash area unknown	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
13th June 1960	USMC	F-8B Crusader	BuNo 145484	VMF-235	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
14^th June 1960	USAF	F-100	2998	20th TFW/79th TFS	engine failure Crashed 1 mile north-north-west of Wheelus AB, Libya	Pilot ejected and seen to land in sea not found presumed drowned		NAA
15th June 1960 22:00h	RAN	D.H. Sea Venom		HMAS Albatros	crashed near Nowra	Sub. Lt. B. A. Dutch ejected at just a few hundred feet		Martin-Baker
15th June 1960 22:00h	RAN	D.H. Sea Venom		HMAS Albatros	crashed near Nowra	Lt. E. D. Sandberg ejected at just a few hundred feet		Martin-Baker
First night ejection and first Sea Venom in Australia
16th June 1960	Neth	Hunter				Sgt. J.P.Vleeming ejected		Martin-Baker
17th June 1960	RAF	Jet Provost				AP/O O. M. J. Kendrick		Martin-Baker
June 1960	Neth	.Hunter				2nd Lt. E. M. Ten Honten		Martin-Baker
21st June 1960	USAF	F‑104C	56‑0909	434th TFS/479th TFW, Moron AB, Spain	Engine failure near Moron AB, Spain	pilot ejected safely		Lockheed
29th June 1960	IDF / AF	Super Mystère B.2	No. 17	No. 105 Squadron	collision with Super Mystère 16	Sub‑Lt Shamuel Hetz , pilot ejected successfully

July

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crash / test	crew	photo	seat
1st July 1960	Martin-Baker				Chalgrove	Doddy Hay ejected at 1,000ft., 250kt		Martin-Baker
1st July 1960	USAF	Boeing RB-47 Stratojet	53-4281	38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing based at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, and temporarily flying out of Brize-Norton Royal Air Force Base in England			shot down at 30,000ft. over the Baltic Sea

Major Willard G. Palm ejected KIA

Capt. John R. McKone ejected POW

Capt. Freeman. Bruce Olmstead ejected POW

Major Eugene E. Posa
did not eject
KIA

Captain Dean B. Phillips
did not eject
KIA

Captain Oscar L. Goforth
did not eject
KIA

USAF Boeing RB-47 Stratojet reconnaissance bomber BuNo 34281 operating from RAF Brize Norton flown by Major Willard G. Palm, Co-pilot Capt. Freeman. Bruce Olmstead and Navigator /bombardier Capt. John R. McKone was shot down at 30,000ft. over the Baltic Sea on the northern Artic coast [ over the Barents Sea in the area of the Kola Peninsula] of the Soviet Union by a MiG flown by Capt. Vasily A. Polgakov. Four crew were killed. McKone and Olmstead were picked up in International water by a Soviet trawler. They were taken by the Russians and held in Moscow's Lubyanka Prison. They were released on 25-1-1961. Other source gives release 4-1-1961 [Fighting Jets p.86-87 - Time Life Pub.] & [Osprey Book B-47 p. 164]
6th July 1960	USN	Crusader F-8C	BuNo 147014		crashed in the US	Lt (kg) C. D. Metzler ejected	Martin-Baker
6th July 1960	USMC	Cougar				1st Lt. H. G. Haffner ejected	Martin-Baker
6th July 1960	USMC	Cougar				1st Lt. D. B. Grimes ejected	Martin-Baker
10th July 1960	USN	Crusader RF-8A	BuNo 146842	VFP-62, CVA-42, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt		Pilot ejected	Martin-Baker
12th July 1960 22:15h	USAF	Boeing B-47					Weber
						Captain Cassius N. Davison	Weber
							Weber
14th July 1960	Swiss	Venom				Sgt. G. Tresoldi ejected	Martin-Baker
14th July 1960	USAF	U‑2A	56‑6720	4080th SRW	cockpit caught fire after pilot started smoking cigarette, 30 M NW of Uvalde, TX, USA	pilot ejected safely	Lockheed
19th July 1960	RAF	Victor				Flt. Lt. J. J. Mudford ejected	Martin-Baker
20th July 1960	USAF	F‑102A	53‑1818	496th FIS Ramstein AB, West Germany	unable to restart engine after compressor stall crashed 25 NM from AFB	pilot ejected safely	Convair
22nd July 1960	RAAF	Sabre	77 (F) Sqn		collided forty miles east of Butterworth	F/Lt. O. R. F. Bartrop ejected through canopy at approx. 3,800ft at high speed. Pulled ripcord manually at 1,500ft and landed in secondary jungle. Minor injuries	NAA
22nd July 1960	RAAF	Sabre		77 (F) Sqn	collided forty miles east of Butterworth	F/Lt. O. Worth ejected through canopy with aircraft in inverted spin at 38,000ft. and landed in secondary jungle. No injuries	NAA
29th July 1960	USAF	F‑105B	57‑5810	334th TFS/4th TFW, Florence, AZ, USA	engine failure	pilot ejected safely	Republic

August

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
1st August 1960	Netherlands	F-86 Sabre				2.Lt. T. I. Laache ejected		Martin-Baker
2nd August 1960	USN	Cougar				Riddell ejected		Martin-Baker
2nd August 1960	USN	Cougar				Jacobs ejected		Martin-Baker
3rd August 1960	USMC	Crusader F-8A	BuNo 145405	VMF-334	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
August 1960	RAF	Vampire				Flg. Off. E. J. Shere ejected		Martin-Baker
4th August 1960	USN	Crusader RF-8A	BuNo 146868	VFP-62, CVA-42, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt		Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
10th August 1960	USAF	F‑100C	54‑2048	4510th CCTW	engine failed and aircraft entered spin near Hillside, AZ, USA	pilot ejected safely		NAA
14th August 1960	USMC	Cougar				Captain C. C. Chisholm ejected		Martin-Baker
16th August 1960	RAF	Vampire				Plt Off V. Faulkner ejected		Martin-Baker
16th August 1960	RAF	Vampire				Flg. Off. F. W. Mitchell ejected		Martin-Baker
17th August 1960	USN	Crusader F-8A	BuNo 143741	VF-124	Crashed in the US	Pilot ejected		Martin-Baker
22nd August 1960