ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248358
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| Date: | Thursday 20 March 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | VW437 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Devon (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 VW437, 229 OCU: delivered 20/4/1949. Written off 20/03/1952 when the pilot found himself "boxed in" by low cloud. Running low on fuel, he decided to make an immediate wheels up belly landing downwind at RAF Chivenor, Devon. Although the aircraft was written off (damaged beyond repair), the pilot appears to have escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.125 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 231
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2021 03:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Mar-2021 21:51 | E.Robot | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Mar-2021 17:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2021 17:33 | E.Robot | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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