ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245712
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 March 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
| Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | VT314 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall, Suffolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT314, 226 OCU; delivered 25/10/1948. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/3/1950, when the undercarriage collapsed during landing at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Not repaired, damaged airframe Struck Off Charge 1/5/1950 as CAT 5(Scrap). Pilot believed uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.37
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=730
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2020 13:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Dec-2020 17:46 | Komes | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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