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Date: | Tuesday 21 March 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
Registration: | RA374 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 RA374, 226 OCU, RAF Stradishall, Suffolk: Written off 21/3/1950 when collided with Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT267 (also of 226 OCU, RAF Stradishall) in flight over the Suffolk/Norfolk border. Meteor VT267 came down near Burston, Norfolk. The pilot of Meteor VT267 was killed, the pilot of Meteor RA374 survived, and made a successful emergency landing at RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. However Meteor RA374 was deemed "damaged beyond repair"
Crew of Meteor RA374:
Pilot Officer R.E. Webster RAF (pilot, Service Number 607057) - survived with injuries
The incident did no lasting harm to the pilot, or his RAF career: he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 14/6/1952 (see link #4) and retired with the rank Squadron Leader on 25/6/1967 (see link #5)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.90 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.42
4.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39580/supplement/3454/data.pdf 5.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44361/supplement/7637/data.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2020 18:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
16-Dec-2020 21:13 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |