ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200553
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| Date: | Monday 14 May 1962 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.16 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WE934 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardigan Bay -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WE934: First issued to 245 Sqn 18.4.51 coded G; to Flight Refuelling Ltd 16.4.51 for mods to in-flight refuelling probe; returned to 245 Sqn 28.5.51. Damaged in an abandoned takeoff after engine cut, Horsham St Faith, 16.5.52 (pilot, Flying Officer A Cootts-Smith OK). Damaged assessed as Cat 3(R); Repaired On Site and returned to 245 Sqn 7.7.52;
Withdrawn from service and delivered to 33 MU RAF Lyneham 2.4.53. Issued to Flight Refulling Ltd 19.1.53 for high altitude in-flight refuelling trials; later for converted to U.16 drone (from 3.8.54). First Flown as a U.16 drone 15.4.56. Issued to RAE Llanbedr 7.2.62.
Written off when expended 14.5.62 on missile trials over Cardigan Bay during a flight from Llanbedr.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
3. http://www.air-britain.com/pdfs/sampleaeromil.pdf
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=730
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/tarmet.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2017 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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