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Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 203 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WL372 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WH130, 203 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: Awaiting collection 5/6/1952. Delivered 10/6/1952. Written off 19/11/1952 when stalled on approach to RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire,& bounced along runway, undercarriage collapsed.
Despite beign wrecked, the pilot appears to have esacped withiut injury. Not repaired; struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 19/11/1952.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 136 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 310
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. 203 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 29/2145/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162858 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jun-2008 09:18 |
JINX |
Added |
12-May-2015 08:57 |
Xindel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
27-Mar-2021 19:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Mar-2021 22:03 |
Xindel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
29-Mar-2021 22:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |