ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21259
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| Date: | Thursday 22 September 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WK731 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardigan Bay, Wales -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Delivered 09/06/1952; operational service with 34 Squadron and the RAF Tangmere Station Flight. Withdrawn from service 23.08.1960 and stored at 33 MU RAF Lyneham. Declared a non-effective airframe and struck off charge 14.12.1961. Transferred to C(A) Ministry of Aviation 14.12.1961 (same day) for U.16 program. Converted to a Meteor U.16 drone/UAV at Flight Refuelling Ltd., Tarrant Rushton in 1962.
Written off 22.09.1966 when shot down over Cardigan Bay by a Bloodhound SAM during a flight from Llanbedr.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983, p. 70)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
3. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/tarmet.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=730
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2008 08:51 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jan-2015 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2015 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2015 18:54 | Dr. John Smih | Updated [Narrative] |
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