Co-Pilot Flight Lieutenant Glen Howard HOOPER No. 8304358F Royal Air Force 120 Squadron, (Nimrod) stationed at RAF Kinloss.
Killed Saturday 2 September 1995 aged 25 at Lake Ontario, Canada.
At rest at Tewkesbury Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
Aircraft, British Aeorospace Nimrod MR.2P XV239
The crew and aircraft were involved with the Canadian Air Show at Canadian Forces Base, Shearwater. The pilot was performing some manouvers at about 950 feet when the port wing dropped, the nose dropped the pilot gave full engine power but was unable to recover and the aircraft into the sea. The crew of 7, all perished (Rest in Peace chaps)
Probable Cause:
The Court of Inquiry detenmined that the captain made an error of judgement in modifying one of the display manoeuvres to the extent that he stalled the aircraft at a height and attitude from which recovery was impossible. The Inquiry considered that contributory factors could have included deficiencies in the flight deck crew's training and in the method of supervision which could have allowed the captain to develop an unsafe technique without full appreciation of the consequences.
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The other crew were as follows-
Pilot Flight Lieutenant 8028264L Dominic (Dom) Mark GILBERT former press liaison officer at RAF Kinloss aged 31
Air Engineer Sergeant T8197937 Gary Stephen MOXHAM aged 32
Navigator Flight Lieutenant 8029479C Nicholas (Nick) BROOKS aged 26
Air Electronics Operators Sergeant H8260368 Richard (Richie) WILLIAMS aged 28
Sergeant E8141550 Craig BARNETT aged 32
Air Electronics Officer 8133295Q Flight Lieutenant Bernard (Bernie) WORTHINGTON aged 37
