ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232983
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| Date: | Friday 11 June 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | VT183 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT183: Delivered 28/5/48. RAF service was with 56 Squadron, 609 (West Riding) Squadron, 610 (County of Chester) Squadron, 203 AFS, and 8 FTS, RAF:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11/6/54 when swung off the runway on take off from RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire. During a formation take off, the aircraft lagged behind, and the pilot - Pilot Officer C Lloyd - opened the throttles too rapidly in an attempt to catch up and rejoin the formation. The aircraft swung rapidly to port, the pilot closed the throttles, the undercarriage was raised to facilitate an emergency stop, and the aircraft slid off the runway on its belly.
Aircraft deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) by (and at) 60 MU, RAF Rufforth, York, North Yorkshire on 30/6/54. Placed on the fire dump at RAF Rufforth after recovery of components
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.159 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.80
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2020 22:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Feb-2020 11:58 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Apr-2020 19:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 19:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2020 19:48 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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