ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48050
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 November 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F.4 |
| Owner/operator: | Jachtvliegschool/Ecole de Chasse Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | EF-3 |
| MSN: | G5/248 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Koksijde AFB, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Koksijde AB, Veurne, Belgium (EBFN) |
| Koksijde AB, Veurne, Belgium (EBFN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Meteor F.8 VW318; Delivered to the Belgian Air Force (Belgische Luchtmacht) in May 1949. As Gloster Meteor F.4 EF-3 of the Jachtvliegschool/Ecole de Chasse at Koksijde, the aircraft lost its nose wheel on take off from Koksijde Air Base,1 nautical mile North-North-West of Veurne, Belgioum, on 9/11/1954. The pilot made a successful belly landing back at Koksijde airbase, with no reported injuries to the pilot
Damage initially assessed as Cat4(R) but the aircraft was later declared a write off, and struck off charge 10/12/1954
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW
5. https://www.belgian-wings.be/gloster-meteor-f-4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Apr-2009 12:52 | MikeG | Updated |
| 28-May-2017 19:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2017 19:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2019 18:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2022 22:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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