Mid-air collision Incident Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 I-78,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47404
 
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Date:Thursday 28 February 1957
Time:14:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:Instructie Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)
Registration: I-78
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Wouwse Plantage, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Woensdrecht
Destination airport:Woensdrecht
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mid-air collision during a formation flight of Gloster Meteor planes I-75 and I-78. One of the aircraft crashed, the other pilot managed to carry out a forced landing and survived.

Sources:

http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/28-02-1957/msgnr/59

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2008 10:35 ASN archive Added
06-Nov-2008 23:46 harro Updated
20-Oct-2010 13:52 JaWo Updated [Aircraft type]
25-Apr-2019 11:35 Cobar Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport]
07-Dec-2020 14:58 Cobar Updated [Operator]
20-Jun-2022 13:11 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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