Lealholm Phantom Jet Crash – 27th April 1979

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A Phantom jet based at the major USAF base at Alconbury crashed in Lealholm at 09:40 on 27th April 1979.
This plaque is at the point the jet crossed the road before disintergrating and killing the Pilot – Major Donald Lee Schuyler and Navigator – Lt Thomas Wheeler

Lealholm Phantom Crash 27th April 1979

Full details of the crash can be found at Aircraft Accidents In Yorkshire

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