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Date: | Thursday 18 December 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EE297 |
MSN: | MR-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Horsford, Broadland, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor EE297: Delivered to 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron 3.5.45 coded 'TM-G'; unit became 245 Squadron 10.8.45 at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, coded 'MR-G'.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18.12.47 when ran out of fuel; bellylanded in field, Horsford, Norfolk. EE297 was one of two aircraft of 245 Squadron (the other was EE303) that force landed in Norfolk on this date due to engine failure caused by fuel exhaustion. While on a sortie from RAF Horsham St. Faith, the weather deteriorated, and the aircraft was unable to return to base.
Crew:
Pilot II C.W.W. NICKERSON (pilot) RAF : OK; aircraft not repaired and struck off charge as Cat. E(FA)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 p.356 by Colin Cummings
3. 245 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2481:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505119 4. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. Air Britain Aeromilitaria Summer 2009:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p.71
6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._504_Squadron_RAF#In_World_War_II 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._245_Squadron_RAF#Postwar 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsford Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-May-2023 14:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
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05-May-2023 16:15 |
Nepa |
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06-May-2023 09:33 |
Nepa |
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