English Electric Lightning F.1A XM135
English Electric Lightning F.1A XM135 (msn 95031), at Duxford. This aircraft jumped the chocks at RAF Lyneham and flew a circuit with no canopy or functioning ejection seat. The pilot was Taffy Holden, an engineering officer, who managed to land safely. Unsurprisingly he suffered trauma from the incident and became OC Training Wing, No.1 School of Technical Traing at RAF Halton
Picture No
13922294
Media ID
48465527
Size
5433px x 3418px
(4.5MB)
Credit
© The Tony Lovelock Collection / Peter Butt / Mary Evans
Source
scan of original print by Tony Lovelock
Date
circa 2000
