ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139520
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 October 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor NF.14 |
| Owner/operator: | ex-Rolls Royce Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ASLW |
| MSN: | 5814 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands -
 Cape Verde
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Faro, Portugal |
| Guinea-Bissau | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Gloster Meteor WS829: delivered to RAF 5/4/54. Struck off charge 16/9/63. UK Civil registered as G-ASLW to Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby 12/9/63 (and presumably based at Hucknall Airfield, Nottinghamshire - the Rolls Royce Flight Test Base). Registration amended 4/7/69 as "sold" but not stated whom to.
Was intended to be delivered to Biafra/Nigeria to participate in the civil war. This aircraft was lost in the sea off the Cape Verde Islands 28/10/69 on a delivery flight to the Biafran Air Force. Reports state that the Dutch pilot was rescued by a passing ship.
Registration G-ASLW formally cancelled 6/11/69 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://lae.blogg.se/category/biafra.html
2. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-ASLW.html
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ASLW.pdf
4. www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WS
5. www.worldairforces.com/Countries/nigeria/BIAaricraft.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2011 00:07 | Masen63 | Added |
| 12-May-2012 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2012 16:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Narrative] |
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