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Date: | Sunday 18 March 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VZ404 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1/4 mile North of Desford School, Desford, Leicestershire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VZ404, 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 18/3/51 when dived into the ground 1/4 mile north of Desford School, Kirkby Road, Desford, 2 miles north of Desford, Leicestershire. The reason for the accident was never explained, and the pilot was killed
Crew of Meteor VZ404:
Flight Sergeant Ronald Clifford Charles Godsell, RAF (Service Number 2681566) - killed on active service 18/3/51
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 123
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT220/44:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424165 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2518:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578364 5.
https://www.rauxaf.net/page151.html 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Dec-2019 22:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
27-Dec-2019 12:10 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |