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Date: | Friday 13 November 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | WE882 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Carnaby, Bridlington, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Metero F.Mk.8 WE882: Delivered to the RAF at the Central Gunnery School (CGS) RAF Carnaby 5.6.51 coded "FJX-C"; collided with target during air-firing practice, 29.8.51 (pilot, Flight Lieutenant G R Elliott, survived OK); declared Cat 3(R). Repaired On Site and returned to the CGS 19.10.51.
Stalled on final approach and undershot the runway by approimxately 20 yards; crash landed at RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire, 13.11.53; Initially declared Cat 4(R). Returned to Gloster Aircraft at Hucclecote 21.1.54 for repairs; not repaired, re-cat 5(c) 17.6.54 and struck off charge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.153 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 428
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE Revision history:
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05-Jun-2008 15:28 |
JINX |
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12-May-2015 17:15 |
BlB |
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26-May-2017 17:01 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Nov-2018 09:57 |
Nepa |
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22-May-2021 18:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-May-2021 12:20 |
Adam |
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