ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21284
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| Date: | Sunday 19 September 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 211 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WK826 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Marham, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) |
| RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK826: Notified as awaiting collection 30/4/53, delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 21/5/53. RAF service was with 211 AFS and 211 FTS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19/9/54: While taking off from RAF Marham, Norfolk, the aircraft's hood became detached. The take off was abandoned, and the aircraft overshot the runway at Marham, colliding with a hut beyond the end of the runway.
Transferred to 32 MU RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan for possible repairs on 14/10/54, as initially assessed as Cat.3(R) (damaged but repairable). However repairs abandoned and the airframe was re-classified on 9/6/55 as Cat.5(c) and struck off charge to be reduced to scrap and components
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.163 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.90
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
6. http://rafworksop.btck.co.uk/AircraftBasedatWorksop
7. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=730
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2008 11:31 | JINX | Added |
| 13-May-2015 07:44 | BlB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 22-Apr-2020 18:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2020 19:08 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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