Accident Gloster Meteor T.7 WL480,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195552
 
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Date:Wednesday 15 July 1959
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor T.7
Owner/operator:12 Gp CF RAF
Registration: WL480
MSN: G5/423829
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 15.7.1959 when yawed during a low speed over-shoot at RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire with the undercarriage extended. WL480 rolled onto its back, struck the ground and burst into flames killing the pilot, Air Vice Marshall J.R.A. Embling, who was Commanding Officer of No.12 Group RAF (appointed on 1.1.1959)

Sources:

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
2. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Embling.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._12_Group_RAF#1937_to_1963

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-May-2017 23:19 Dr.John Smith Added
25-Nov-2018 16:28 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
05-Nov-2019 22:53 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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