British Aerospace Hawk T. Mk.1 XX166 of No.4 Flying Training School, flew into Clagh Ouyr on the 24th June 1983.

 

Crew / Passengers

Rank - if applicable

Position e.g. Pilot

Status

Roger Francis Lane

Flight Lieutenant

Pilot (Instructor)

Killed

Julian Mark Baden Lewis Flight Lieutenant Pilot (Student) Killed

 

Flight Lieutenants Lane and Lewis left RAF Valley on Anglesey for a low level training exercise which would have taken the aircraft to RAF Lossiemouth near Inverness.  The pair took off at about 10:20, shortly after while flying in light cloud the aircraft struck Clagh Ouyr and broke up over a wide area killing the two crew instantly.

 

Little remains at the crash site, what does has been gathered up into a small collection below a prominent rock, this collection is shown here.

 

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