ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20193
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| Date: | Friday 24 November 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 203 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | WA625 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA625/"FMQ-X", 203 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 8/11/1949. Written off (destroyed) 24/11/1950: The aircraft flew through the slipstream of another aircraft, and the resulting "wake turbulence" over the port wing, caused Meteor WA625 to stall and strike the ground. The aircraft cartwheeled and broke up upon impact with the ground at RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire. No reported casualties to the crew
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.108 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.95
4. 203 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period June 1947-December 1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1771 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101481
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. https://www.pprune.org/10927161-post3.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 15:23 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Jun-2008 01:45 | JINX | Updated |
| 27-Jan-2012 13:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 28-Dec-2020 22:18 | Emil Robot | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2021 23:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2021 09:41 | Emil Robot | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2021 13:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2021 13:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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