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Date: | Tuesday 1 April 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
Registration: | VZ411 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dunwich, 6 miles south west of Southwold, Suffolk, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
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.4, VZ411, 226 OCU, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 1/4/52 when crashed at Dunwich, 6 miles south west of Southwold, Suffolk. Pilot killed
On completion of an attack on a towed target, the pilot was instructed to fly through some cloud, and rejoin the target towing aircraft once clear of the clouds. The aircraft was then seen to be flying very low and to crash into a wood at Dunwich, 6 miles south west of Southwold, Suffolk. It is possible that the pilot lost control whilst flying "blind" on instruments alone (IFR), and could not recover the aircraft with the remaining altitude available.
Pilot of Meteor VZ411
Pilot Officer Malcolm John McNair (pilot) RAF- killed on duty 1/4/1952
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.127 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 234
3. 226 OCU ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2165/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162873 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/84:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424205 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2565:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578411 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 7.
http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wattisham_aviation_accidents.htm 8. Meteor VZ411 when "LJ-W" of 600 (City of London) Squadron, Biggin Hill, 1950:
http://wpalette.com/system/pictures/9/b/7/8/34805/original.png 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich#RAF_Dunwich Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2019 23:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
30-Dec-2019 20:36 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
02-Mar-2021 17:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
02-Mar-2021 20:20 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
20-Mar-2021 14:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |