ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20666
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone |
| Owner/operator: | RAF RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WF681 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardigan Bay, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr, Wales |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WF681: Delivered to 29 MU 23.5.51. Issued to 615 (County of Surrey) Sqn 24.9.51; hood disintegrated and damaged airframe, 13.7.52. Damage assessed as Cat 3(R) and Repaired On Site. Transferred to 41 Sqn 12.1 .53.
Sustained Cat 3(R) damage 23.11.53; again Repaired On Site. Returned to 41 Sqn 17.6.54 coded R. Withdrawn from service when delivered to 12 MU 11.8.55. Transferred to 33 MU RAF Lyneham 26.2.60.
To Flight Refuelling Ltd 6.10.61 for conversion to U.16 drone. Issued to RAE Llanbedr 12.9.63; to Minstry of Aviation 15.11.61. Written off (destroyed) when lost during drone operations 13.03.64; crashed into Cardigan Bay, Wales after control lost. (Some sources state expended as missile target).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF
3. http://www.air-britain.com/pdfs/sampleaeromil.pdf
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/tarmet.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2008 22:20 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Dec-2012 18:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2017 21:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2017 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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