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Date: | Tuesday 24 June 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 215 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WH229 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T7, WH229, 215 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 22/2/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/6/1952 in a landing accident at RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. The aircraft undershot landing on final approach, hit the edge of a quarry, bounced across a road and caught fire near the end of the runway at RAF Finningley. The pilot was only slightly injured.
Crew of Meteor WH229
Sergeant A Blow (pilot) RAF - survived injured
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.130 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 261
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4. 215 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/2/1952 to 30/6/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2143/3 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162857 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2008 01:28 |
JINX |
Added |
13-Aug-2013 14:46 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
12-Mar-2021 20:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Mar-2021 22:14 |
Xindel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |