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Peak District Air Accident Research

Jet Provost T. Mk.3A XM453 of No.3 Flying Training School crashed near Ribblehead on the 21st November 1983.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Laurence John Betts	Flight Lieutenant	Pilot	Injured
G. O. Riddett	Flight Lieutenant	Pilot	OK

The aircraft suffered a multiple bird strike while on a low level training flight. This caused the engine to loose power, following loss of power the two crew abandoned the aircraft, which then crashed into open moorland near Ribblehead and was destroyed by fire..

Above is the crash site, which shows no sign of the crash, despite it being only 25 years ago.

The extent to which more modern sites have been cleared shows that the RAF policy changed somewhat from their wartime recovery policy.

The site was marked by this single tiny piece, a blade aerial which is largely made of plastic so would have been missed by the clean up .

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