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Date: | Sunday 7 October 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 222 (Natal) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA867 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA867, 222 Squadron, RAF: delivered 9/8/1950. Written off 7/10/1951 when crashed at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk. The aircraft failed to become airborne on the take off run, and ran into the overshoot area, when it crashed and exploded. However, the pilot - Graham Sinclair WEST-JONES (Service Number 181235) - survived, albeit with injuries. He recovered from his injuries, and returned to service, remaining with the RAF until May 1962.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. p 120)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.185
4. 222 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2475 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505113 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF#Entering_the_jet_age Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 15:00 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jun-2008 11:55 |
JINX |
Updated |
19-Jan-2012 02:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
16-Oct-2018 15:58 |
JINX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
27-Nov-2019 11:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
11-Feb-2021 16:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |