ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154699
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 January 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF Flying College |
| Registration: | WL479 |
| MSN: | G5/423828 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Manby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Manby, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WL479: Notified as awaiting collection 17/11/1952, delivered 24/11/1952. RAF operational service career was with 209 AFS, 12 FTS, 8 FTS, and the RAF Flying College Manby
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/1/1957: While carrying out asymmetric flying training, by flying on one engine only, the "live" engine of Meteor WL479 failed while on approach to RAF Manby Lincolnshire, leaving the aircraft without any functioning engines, and the aircraft belly landed into a field short of the runaway. The pilot - Flight Sergeant C.H.Maynard (Service Number 1893924) - was uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 74)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.228
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1957
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2013 00:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-May-2015 07:46 | yarbi | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 21-May-2017 23:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2017 16:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 12-Mar-2020 16:10 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2020 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2021 20:13 | Carel | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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