ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20318
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| Date: | Thursday 1 March 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 OFU RAF |
| Registration: | WA935 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Persian Gulf, off Shahjah, Abu Dhabi -
 United Arab Emirates
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shahjah, Abu Dhabi |
| Australia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Delivered to RAF at 8 MU Little Rissington 26/1/1951: Transferred to RAAF charge 19/2/1951. Missing on 1/3/1951 in the Persian Gulf on ferry/delivery flight to RAAF; took off from RAF Shahjah, Abu Dhabi and was never seen again after a formation climb through cloud. Was to have become RAAF A77-300 on arrival. RAAF serial not taken up. Pilot killed.
Crew of Meteor WA935:
Flying Officer Peter Basil BROWN-CONSTABLE, RAF (pilot, Service Number 202657) missing presumed killed 1/3/1951
As the aircraft and its pilot was never found, there is no indication as to what caused the demise of the aircraft and its pilot.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.16)
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a77.shtml
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2008 20:21 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Feb-2013 09:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2013 01:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2017 19:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2021 15:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2021 20:23 | Jinx | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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