BAE Jet Provost XW417
This image is to illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved.(Photo:-Alan Wilson via wikimedia)

Belonged to No7 Flying Training School RAF. Crashed on 9th December 1982 after entering low cloud while taking part in a low level cross country navigation exercise.

Information from https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/lake-district/bac-jet-provost-xw417-thirlmere/:- More information about the crash can be found here along with photos of the crashsite when it was a little less overgrown.

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