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Date: | Thursday 28 December 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
Registration: | RA431 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | St. Mary-in-the-Marsh, 3 miles west of Dymchurch, Kent, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 RA531, 226 OCU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/12/1950 when wrecked in a forced landing at St. Mary-in-the-Marsh, Romney Marsh, three miles west of Dymchurch, Kent, after both engines failed due to running out of fuel. No reported injuries to the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.109 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.101
4. 226 OCU ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/8/1946 to 31/12/1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1632 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101342 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_in_the_Marsh Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jan-2021 22:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Jan-2021 10:37 |
ABBA |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
12-Jan-2021 14:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |