ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21311
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 March 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone |
| Owner/operator: | RAF RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WK949 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, 28 miles WSW of Llanbedr, Merionethshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Llanbedr, Merionethshire (EGOD) |
| Llanbedr, Metionethshire (EGOD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WK949: Gloster Meteor U.16, delivered 16/2/1953 as a Meteor F.8. Saw service with 208 Squadron, RAF Levant Station Flight, Target Towing Flight RAF Nicosia, and Instrument Training Flight Middle East Air Force at Nicosia, Cyprus until it disbanded 10/5/1956.
Transferred to Ministry of Aviation 14/2/1961 for U.16 drone conversion. Written off when control lost and crashed in Irish Sea, 28 miles West-South-West of Llanbedr, Merionethshire on 27/3/1962
Sources:
1. RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20120224234002/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/tarmet.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanbedr_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2008 18:23 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Jan-2013 18:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2013 17:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2013 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2020 21:08 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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