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Date: | Thursday 25 November 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA922 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA922: Delivered 13/11/50. RAF Service was with 56 Squadron, RAF Waterbeach, only
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/11/54: Overshot landing in bad visibility into ditch at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Aircraft not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c) and broken up for scrap and spares. No reported injuries to the pilot
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.104
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
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31-May-2008 19:59 |
JINX |
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12-Jun-2008 08:38 |
JINX |
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15-Jan-2012 15:13 |
Nepa |
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26-Jul-2014 10:42 |
angels one five |
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10-May-2015 17:52 |
Angel dot comma |
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28-Nov-2019 16:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
28-Apr-2020 20:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |