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Date: | Wednesday 14 December 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F.4 |
Owner/operator: | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RA451 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor RA451: Delivered to 39 MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 03/10/1947. To 74 Squadron, RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk 28/1/1948 coded '4D-B'.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Engine lost power after take-off; swung on approach to single-engine landing and hit hedge, Horsham St Faith, 14/12/1949. The aircraft was taking off from Horsham St. Faith when the port engine failed. The pilot shut down the 'dead' engine, and completed a circuit of Horsham St Faith. However, the pilot was unable to jettison the full drop tank, and this added to the weight of the aircraft, which, in turn caused a high rate of sink.
The pilot opened the throttle of the 'live' (starboard) engine, but this induced a severe swing, and threatened to cause a complete loss of control. The pilot therefore shut down the 'live' (starboard) engine and the aircraft undershot the runway in a forced landing. The pilot - Flight Sergeant (Plutonowy) Henryk Jerka (Polish Air Force, Service Number 705588) was slightly injured. Aircraft Struck off charge as Cat 5(c)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.563
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft RA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p.130
5.
https://listakrzystka.pl/en/jerka-henryk/ 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF#Meteors,_Hunters_and_Lightnings 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St_Faith#Postwar_Royal_Air_Force_use Revision history:
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