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Date: | Friday 11 March 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | APS RAF |
Registration: | WK794 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK794: Notified as awaiting collection 25/8/52, delivered to the RAF 27/8/52. Sole operational RAF service was with the APS (Armament Practice Station) RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11/3/55 when the hydraulic systems failed, forcing the pilot to make a wheels up belly landing at RAF Acklington, Northumberland. Aircraft slid along the runway at Acklington, but the pilot was not injured. The airframe was deemed "beyond economic repair", and Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 16/3/55 at RAF Acklington. Broken up for spares and scrap at Acklington in April 1955
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.70)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.122
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jun-2008 09:28 |
JINX |
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13-May-2015 08:22 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
08-May-2020 20:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Dec-2020 15:46 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |