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Date: | Wednesday 5 January 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | RAE Farnborough |
Registration: | WA788 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire (EGLF) |
Destination airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA788: Delivered 5/2/51. Known operational career was with the CFS (Central Fighter Establishment), the AFDS (Air Fighting Development Squadron), and the RAE at Farnborough
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5/1/55: Hydraulics failed on approach to RAF Valley, Anglesey, aircraft landed on one wheel and nose wheel only. Pilot uninjured, but aircraft decalred to be "beyond economic repair". Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) on 28/3/55 and became Ground Instruction Airframe 7194M at EE Warton (later scrapped).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.15)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.111
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 13:08 |
JINX |
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12-Jun-2008 08:39 |
JINX |
Updated |
20-Jun-2013 04:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
18-Jul-2013 09:48 |
JINX |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source] |
03-May-2020 16:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |