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Date: | Wednesday 25 November 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA779 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England, -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA770, 66 Squadron, RAF: Delivered 18/1/1951. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/11/1953 when the aircraft made a heavy landing at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire. During the landing run, the port undercarriage leg factured, and the undercarriage collpased. causing extensive damage to the underside of the aircraft.
Although the Meteor was written off (deemed damaged beyond repair and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c)) the pilot appears to have survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.152 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 431
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 12)
4. 66 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2627/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424987 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 13:03 |
JINX |
Added |
06-Jun-2008 22:03 |
JINX |
Updated |
12-May-2015 17:17 |
BlB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
14-May-2021 14:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
23-May-2021 00:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-May-2021 00:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |