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Date: | Thursday 7 July 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 63 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA891 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Trevose Head, 5 miles West of Padstow, Cornwall, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA891: Delivered 29/9/1950. RAF service career was with 257 Squadron, and 63 Squadron RAF.
Written off (destroyed) 7/7/55: The aircraft was practising simulated forced landings. After 25 minutes flying time, the aircraft was seen to emerge from cloud and crash into a cliff face at Trevose Head, 8 miles West of Padstow, Cornwall. It was thought possible that the cause of the accident was due to the elevator being fouled by a dingy lanyard. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Meteor WA891:
Pilot Officer Lewis Trevor OWEN RAF (pilot, aged 23) - killed on active service 7/7/55
The reported crash site of Trevose Head (Cornish: Penn Trenfos, meaning farm of the wall's headland) (grid reference SW853764) is a headland on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Padstow.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 15)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevose_Head 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 19:41 |
JINX |
Added |
10-Jun-2008 02:00 |
JINX |
Updated |
13-May-2015 08:33 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
22-May-2020 21:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Dec-2020 15:51 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |