ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21324
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| Date: | Saturday 24 July 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WL114 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile NW of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WL114: Notified as awaiting collection 24/9/53, delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 29/9/53. Issued to 43 Squadron RAF 18/11/53.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/7/54 when collided with Meteor F.8 WE897 while attacking a RN FAA Hawker Sea Hawk during Exercise "Dividend"; ejection seat fired 1 mile North West of Leuchars, Fife. Pilot of Meteor WE897 was killed, the pilot of Meteor WL114 ejected through the canopy, and survived, although injured
Crew of Meteor WL114:
Flying Officer F. R. Bennett RAF (pilot)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.161 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.84)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.76
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Bedle
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20160324100552/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/BASES_RAF/Leuchars/raf_leuchars.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2008 18:52 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 06-Apr-2012 01:56 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Source] |
| 26-Jul-2014 10:06 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-May-2015 17:44 | Angel Dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:54 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 21:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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