ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162763
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster F9/40 |
| Owner/operator: | Turbine Flt RAE |
| Registration: | DG204/G |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAE Farnborough -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAE Farnborough |
| RAE Farnborough |
DG204/G was a Gloster F9/40, a precursor of the Meteor Mark I.
On the fourth of January, 1944, the aircraft was making a series of high speed runs at height of 20,000 feet over Farnborough.
In the course of one of these runs the Meteor's port Metropolitan-Vickers F2 engine exploded.
The pilot attempted to abandon the aircraft but suffered a severe injury in exiting the cockpit and then killed when he struck the tailplane.
Sqn-Ldr William Douglas Bow Symington Davie AFC RAF, is buried in Old Monkland Cemetery, Coatbridge.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1944, and other.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2013 03:01 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Dec-2013 04:23 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 21:42 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 21:43 | Angel dick one | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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