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Date: | Tuesday 19 July 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WH348 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH348: Notified as awaiting collection 11/1/52, Delivered to the RAF 15/1/52. RAF Service career was with 19 Squadron at RAF Church Fenton only
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19/7/55: Tyre burst on landing at RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, aircraft skidded off the runway, and was only stopped when it collided with a wall. The pilot - Pilot Officer J M Payne - escaped uninjured
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.172 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 49)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.145
4. 19 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/51 to 31/12/56: File AIR 27/2693/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8427223 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Jun-2008 07:22 |
JINX |
Added |
13-May-2015 08:34 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
23-May-2020 23:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-May-2020 08:18 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |