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Date: | Monday 4 October 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
Registration: | VZ522 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Little Waltham, 4.5 miles North of Chelmsford, Essex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 VZ522: Delivered 15/6/50. RAF Service was with the APS (Armament Practice Station) RAF Acklington, and 226 OCU
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4/10/54: Meteor WH400 collided with Meteor VZ522 and both aircraft were abandoned in flight 4.5 miles north of Chelmsford, Essex. Both pilots bailed out safely and were not injured. Meteor VZ522 came down near Little Waltham, Essex
Crew of Meteor VZ522:
Pilot Officer Brian Wardill BUCHANAN RAF (pilot, Service Number 4111671) - bailed out OK
Wreckage of Meteor VZ522 recovered by (and to) 71 MU RAF Bicester, where Struck Off Charge 14/10/54 as Cat.5(scrap) and broken up
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.164 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.105)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.94
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?25318-226-OCU-Gloster-Meteor-Collision-04-10-54-WH400-and-VZ522 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Waltham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Nov-2019 07:57 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
23-Apr-2020 22:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Apr-2020 09:11 |
Allach |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |