ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231692
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| Date: | Thursday 18 June 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
| Owner/operator: | 209 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | VT266 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT266, 209 AFS, RAF: delivered 27/9/1948. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/06/1953. The pilot felt the loss of power on both engines during the take off run, and attempted to abandon the take off, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair in the subsequent overshoot, when it ran off the end of the runway and into a ditch. No reported fatalities or injuries.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.146 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 317
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes Since the End of World War II by Peter Forrester
5. 209 AFS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/7/1952 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2148/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162862
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/156: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424277
7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/32/S2637: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578483
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2019 22:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Dec-2019 12:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2020 19:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-May-2021 20:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2021 11:22 | gerard | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 02-May-2021 21:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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