ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85399
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 February 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F.8 |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A77-616 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sibyong-Ni area -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Base K-14, Kimpo, South Korea |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A77-616: Meteor F.8 ex-RAF WA956: Delivered to RAF 28/12/51. Transferred to the RAAF 3/1/51. Served in Korea with 77 Sqn. Damaged August 1951 by ground fire, damage to the fuel system, port aileron and a hole in one wing big enough for a person to climb through. Pilot on the occasion was Sqn Ldr D.L Wilson. Aircraft repaired and returned to service.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed in the Sibyong-Ni area, North Korea, 06/02/52. Shot down by enemy ground fire. Pilot - Flt Lt John "Butch" Hannan - ejected and was captured.(RAAF Ejection number 6). According to the Squadron Operations Book:
"...Flight proceeded to SIBYONG-NI (CT0042) where strafing attacks were made against two .50 calibre weapon pits. 20mm flak was also seen. Immediately after this attack smoke and flame was seen to emit from A77-616, pilot called for a steer to base and commenced to gain height, however pilot was forced to eject. The parachute was seen to open but due to rugged terrain pilot was not seen to reach ground. Other aircraft searched area and called Patrol Three to assist. Aircraft A77-616 crashed at BT9328. Patrol Three remained in area when this flight (remainder) returned to base where it was found that A77-464 had been hit in starboard aileron".
A large search was launched for Hannan who had been seen to parachute safely, but on landing in white snow, became invisible to the pilots overhead. Hannan was captured by the North Koreans and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp. One of the searching pilots, Flying Officer R. Wittman (A77-774) had a lucky escape, when an enemy .25 calibre slug passed through the aircraft's seat without touching him. Flt Lt Hanna was repatriated at Panmunjom, Korea on 1/9/53.
Struck off charge 14/03/52.
Sources:
1. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a77.htm
3. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/meteor/A77-616.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
5. http://www.koreanwaronline.com/history/oz/77/MK8OPS.htm
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20170729001604/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Australia.htm
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20170413030012/http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/HistoryRecord/HistoryRecordDetail.aspx?rid=554
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2017 19:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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