ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21345
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| Date: | Monday 10 January 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | FTU RAF |
| Registration: | WL342 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Crocker End, 1.5 miles NE of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WL342: Notified as awaiting collection 19/3/52, delivered 21/3/52. RAF career was with the OFU (Overseas Ferry Unit) and then the FTU (Ferry Training Unit), RAF Benson.
Written off (destroyed) 10/1/55: Shortly after take off from RAF Benson, the aircraft dived into the ground near Crocker End, 1.5 miles North East of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. The pilot (flying solo) was killed.
Crew of Meteor WL342:
Flight Sergeant Francis Douglas James Smith AFM, RAF (Pilot, Service Number 1587513, aged 31) - killed on active service 10/1/55
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.168 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.73)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.112
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettlebed
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40053/supplement/34/data.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2008 19:44 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Jun-2013 04:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 18-Jul-2013 09:49 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 13-May-2015 08:08 | Boile A. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 15-Nov-2018 07:25 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 05-May-2020 18:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2020 21:49 | MIG29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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