On the 20th of April 1965 this aircraft was involved in a collision with another Jet Provost (listed previously). Both pilots
ejected but the student sadly was killed. The aircraft came down 1.5 miles east of Northallerton. The aircraft suffered Cat 5(s)/FA damage.
The aircraft was built to contract KC/E/031 by Hunting at Luton and completed on 31st July 1961. Following delivery to 27 MU on
1st August 1961 to was issued to 3 FTS at Leeming on 22nd September 1961.
Instuctor Pilot - F/O Pack RAF, ok.
Student Pilot - A P/O Laurence Mead RAF (4232372), aged 18, of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. Buried Leeming Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Acting P/O Mead's gravestone at Leeming. He was born on 16th December 1946.