ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21265
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Date: | Wednesday 2 November 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone |
Owner/operator: | RAE Llanbedr |
Registration: | WK746 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cardigan Bay, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Delivered to RAF 14.07.1952; operational service with APS, CGS and FWS. Withdrawn from use 17.01.1957 and stored at 20 MU RAF Aston Down. To 33 MU Lyneham 20.01.1961 for further storage. Transferred to Ministry of Aviation 11.12.1961 for conversion to U.16 drone. Expended in SAM tests: Shot down over Cardigan Bay during a flight from Llanbedr.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983, p.70)
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 3.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=730 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jun-2008 09:07 |
JINX |
Added |
25-Dec-2012 15:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Jan-2015 17:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator] |
04-Jan-2015 18:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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