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Date: | Tuesday 20 November 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
Registration: | VT114 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Middleton St. George, nr Darlington, Co.Durham, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham |
Destination airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Durham |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT114, 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 26/2/1948. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/11/1951: Crashed approach to RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham, when both engines cut out (double flame out). As far as is known, the pilot was uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.122 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.197
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859 5.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm 6.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Feb-2021 00:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Feb-2021 10:10 |
sicak |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |