ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231790
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 June 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 206 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | EE414 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mallows Green, near Harlow, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.3, EE414, 206 AFS, RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire: Written off (destroyed) 24/6/52 when suffered structural failure in flight during aerobatics over Mallows Green, near Harlow, Essex. Aircraft broke up in flight for undetermined reasons, although possible overstressing of the airframe was suspected. Pilot killed
Crew of Meteor EE414
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Anthony Wedge (pilot) RAF- killed on active service 24.6.52
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 130 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 260
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/99: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424220
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2581: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578427
5. 206 AFS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry File AM/F,540) for the period 1/10/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2146/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162860
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9765-Meteor-losses-at-206-AFS-RAF-Oakington-1951-to-January-1953
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2019 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-Dec-2019 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2019 22:56 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2021 19:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 12-Mar-2021 22:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
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