Air disaster

1974 Norfolk mid-air collision

9 Aug 1974 · 52.57° N, 0.40° E

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9 Aug 1974
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
52.57° N, 0.40° E
Description
aviation incident in Norfolk, England

1974 Norfolk mid-air collision

Aviation incident in Norfolk, England

The 1974 Norfolk mid-air collision happened on 9 August 1974 at Fordham Fen, Norfolk, England when a Royal Air Force McDonnell-Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR.2 of No. 41 Squadron RAF collided with a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee crop spraying aircraft. All three aviators were killed: the pilot and navigator of the Phantom and the pilot of the Pawnee.

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