1982 Royal Air Force Jaguar shootdown incident information
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1982 Royal Air Force Jaguar shootdown
Jaguar GR1, identical to the aircraft lost
Shootdown
Date
25 May 1982 (1982-05-25)
Summary
Shot down in friendly fire incident
Site
35 miles NE of RAF Brüggen
Aircraft
Aircraft type
SEPECAT Jaguar GR1
Operator
Royal Air Force
Registration
XX963
Flight origin
RAF Brüggen
Crew
1
Survivors
1
On 25 May 1982, a Royal Air Force SEPECAT Jaguar of 14 Squadron crashed in farmland approximately 35 miles from its base, RAF Brüggen in Germany, having been accidentally hit by an air-to-air missile fired by another Royal Air Force aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
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