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Date: | Saturday 22 May 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WH278 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles NNW of Sandtoft, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH278: delivered 1/10/1951: RAF service was with 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron, RAF only.
Written off (destroyed) 22/5/54 when dived into ground out of cloud two miles north north west of Sandtoft, Lincolnshire. Electrical failure is believed to have been the cause of the crash. Pilot killed
Crew of Meteor WH278
Flight Lieutenant Harold Blow DFC RAF (pilot, Service Number 158577,aged 30)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.159 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 49)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.58
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/211:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424332 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH 6. 616 Squadron ORB 1/1/49 to 31/3/57 (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540): National Archive (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2524/52 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8423172 7.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11678-DFC-to-Fl-lt-Can-you-help/page2 8.
https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/view.php?uid=207010 9.
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/17632 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2008 07:00 |
JINX |
Added |
17-Jan-2012 04:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
10-Jan-2020 00:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Apr-2020 20:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
12-Apr-2020 00:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |