Accident Gloster Meteor F8 44-497, Tuesday 19 May 1953
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Date:Tuesday 19 May 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor F8
Owner/operator:Flyvevåbnet
Registration: 44-497
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Langeland -   Denmark
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Collided with Meteor 44-493 and crashed in sea.

Sources:

http://www.milfly.dk/pdf/meteor.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2015 12:43 JINX Added
31-Dec-2015 19:47 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
12-Jan-2016 20:04 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]

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