ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152403
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| Date: | Sunday 17 March 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.15 Drone |
| Owner/operator: | 1 ATU, LRWRE Woomera |
| Registration: | VW273 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Pines near Woomera, SA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woomera, South Australia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Delivered 19/01/1949; RAF service with 266, 66, 41 and 600 Squadrons, thence with 206 and 215 AFS. Struck off charge upon transfer to MoS 12/1/1955 for conversion for the U15 drone program.
Issued to 1 ATU at the LRWRE, a Woomera, South Australia, where crashed and destroyed 17/3/1957. Per eyewitness report:
"As a child at Woomera hp school we were plane spotters, we didn't miss much. This day, the aircraft tracked low to the east of the town trailing smoke. It struck higher ground and exploded with a large plume of smoke. My father W/O Murray, 1 ATU, said that there had been a fatality. In the next couple of days there were very large emu parades over the flight path [3-4 ks] looking for engine detritus as it was rumoured that a engine exploded on lift off."
Sources:
1. Eyewitness Report
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//Woomera%20Meteors.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20120224234002/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/tarmet.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2013 03:21 | joe murray | Added |
| 10-Jan-2013 03:21 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Jan-2013 11:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2014 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2014 23:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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