Lightning Crash 14 November 2009
An English Electric Lightning T5, ZU-BEX, (RAF No. XS451) was destroyed in an accident during the biennial South African Air Force Overberg Airshow held at AFB Overberg near Bredasdorp on 14 November 2009. Veteran Lightning pilot Dave Stock was killed in the crash.
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