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Date: | Tuesday 25 January 1955 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Gloster Meteor NF Mk 14 |
Owner/operator: | 46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WS835 |
MSN: | AWA5823 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Kingsley Green, Bordon, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO) |
Destination airport: | RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor NF.14: Delivered 21/4/54 to the RAF at 38 MU Llandow. Sole operational RAF service was with 46 (Uganda) Squadron, RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Written off (destroyed) 25/1/55: Aircraft ran out of fuel on a sortie from RAF Odiham, and both the crew - Flying Officer M.J. Kemp (pilot) and his navigator - abandoned the aircraft near Kingsley Green, Bordon, Hampshire. Both parachuted safely to earth.
The reported crash location of Kingsley Green is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of Bordon, on the B3004 road at approximate co ordinates 51.13805°N 0.87427°W
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.93)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.114
4. 46 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/9/54 to 30/6/61: File AIR 27/2779 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505417 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WS 6.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley,_Hampshire Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-May-2020 21:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-May-2020 21:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
05-May-2020 21:48 |
MIG29 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
07-May-2020 23:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |