Incident Gloster Meteor FR Mk 9 VZ582,
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Date:Thursday 8 April 1954
Time:16:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor FR Mk 9
Owner/operator:208 Sqn RAF
Registration: VZ582
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 km NE of Enfidaville (Dar-el-Bey) -   Tunisia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tripoli, Libya
Destination airport:RAF North Front, Gibraltar
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Gloster Meteor FR.Mk.9 VZ582: Delivered 9/1/1951. Operational service career was with 208 Squadron, RAF

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/4/1954 when ran out of fuel and force landed in the Tunisian Desert, 1 km north-east of Enfidaville, Tunisia. approximately 20 miles south east of Tunis. The incident involved two aircraft of 208 Squadron - Another Meteor (WH538) force-landed near Sidi Daoud at the same time on the same day.

PIlot of Meteor VZ582 - Flying Officer M.C.Day - escaped safely, and was rescued. The aircraft was Struck off charge 5/5/54 by 137 MU RAF Habbaniya, Iraq.

The reported crash location of Enfidha (or Dar-el-Bey, Arabic: دار البي‎) is a town in north-eastern Tunisia with a population of approximately 10,000. It is visited by tourists on their way to Takrouna. Enfidha is located at approximate coordinates: 36°8′7″N 10°22′51″E. It lies on the railway between Tunis and Sousse, approximately 45 km northeast of Sousse and a few kilometres inland from the Gulf of Hammamet.

Sources:

1. L'Echo d'Oran 9 April 1954
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.157 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 106)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.51
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfidha

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jun-2020 20:08 TB Added
03-Aug-2020 19:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2020 19:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [Destination airport]
04-Aug-2020 19:37 Jixon Updated [Operator, Operator]

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