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Date: | Wednesday 11 January 1956 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Gloster Meteor NF Mk 11 |
Owner/operator: | All-Weather OCU RAF |
Registration: | WS619 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Destination airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor NF.12 WS619: Delivered 5/6/53 to the RAF at 8 MU Little Rissington. To RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire for modifications. Then to 38 MU RAF Llandow 4/6/54. RAF Operational Career was with the AW OCU (All-Weather Operational Conversion Unit) at RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, only
Written off (destroyed) 10/1/56: Hit trees on a night approach to RAF North Luffenham, Rutland. Aircraft damaged beyond repair) and Struck Off Charge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 92)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WS 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/20144 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jan-2013 12:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-May-2015 17:12 |
Angel Dick one |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
26-Oct-2017 19:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
08-Jun-2020 21:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jun-2020 20:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |