ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60116
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 March 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor NF Mk 12 |
| Owner/operator: | 72 (Basutoland) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WS700 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cawood, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Collided on 4/3/1958 with Meteor NF.12 WS782 of 85 Squadron on approach to Church Fenton, crashed in to River Ouse. Lost wing in collision; aircraft came down at Cawood, North Yorkshire.
Pilot Flt. Lt. Ronald Peterson, navigator John Kenneth Maclean in WS700 were killed. Pilot of WS782 ejected and survived.
WS782 was a NF14 of 85 Sqn, with no navigator on board. Pilot Flt Lt Dennis Hazel -believed to be the same Red Arrow who ejected in 1970 as Sqn Ldr and died in 1978 as a Wing Cdr in a Red Arrow accident.
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194129/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1958.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2009 04:06 | john bastable | Added |
| 03-Jul-2010 00:58 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2010 23:44 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2013 13:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 14:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-May-2013 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2013 07:25 | Lev Petersen | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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