Accident Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 WF849,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20727
 
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Date:Tuesday 1 February 1955
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:ITF Nicosia RAF
Registration: WF849
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles north of RAF Nicosia -   Cyprus
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Nicosia, Cyprus (LCNC)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF849, ITF (Instrument Training Flight) Nicosia, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 1/2/55 when stalled on take-off and dived into ground, two miles north of RAF Nicosia, Cyprus. Pilot (flying solo) killed.

Sources:

1. Diário de Lisboa 1 February 1955, p16
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.168 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 40)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/260: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424381
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/33/S2741: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578521
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jun-2008 10:21 JINX Added
18-Jul-2013 09:51 JINX Updated [Source]
13-May-2015 08:10 Boile A. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport]
08-Feb-2017 16:47 TB Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source]
13-Jan-2020 23:57 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Jan-2020 19:50 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]

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