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Date: | Thursday 17 April 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WF878 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Middleton St. George, nr Darlington, County Durham, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St.George, Darlington, County Durham. |
Destination airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Darlington, County Durham |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF878, 205 AFS (Adavned Flying School) RAF: delivered 25/7/1951. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/4/1952 when skidded on landing and undercarriage collapsed at RAF Middleton St. George. Although the aircraft was written off, the pilot is believed to have survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.126 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.237
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF 6.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm 7.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 11:58 |
JINX |
Added |
12-May-2015 07:30 |
DG333 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
27-Feb-2021 23:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
04-Mar-2021 18:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Mar-2021 18:54 |
Froome |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |