What the records say
- When
- 5 Apr 1968
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.51° N, 0.08° W
- Description
- unauthorised London jet excursion of 1968
- Deaths
- 0
Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident
Unauthorised London jet excursion of 1968
The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968, when Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock (1936–2025), a Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hunter pilot, performed unauthorised low flying over several London landmarks and then flew through the span of Tower Bridge on the River Thames.
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