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Date: | Monday 30 October 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | WA673 |
MSN: | G5/366566 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Salperton, 8 miles east of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA673, CFS (Central Flying School), RAF: Written off (destroyed) 30 October 1950 when broke up in dive out of cloud. The aircraft broke up in the air, possibly because the undercarriage dropped down under high speed "G" loadings in flight. Both crew killed
Crew of Meteor WA673:
Flight Lt Brian Ray Marks DFC AFC aged 27 - killed on active service 30/10/50
Flight Lt Francis Edward Morris, aged 27- killed on active service 30/10/50
The reported crash location of Salperton is a village in the Cotswolds about 8 miles east of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire at approximate coordinates 51°53′06″N 1°53′24″W. It is also known as Cold Salperton, owing to its exposed position
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. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 p 92
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946-76 p 311 By R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, R. Bagshaw
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/34:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424155 6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2509:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578355 7.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 8.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salperton Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 07:10 |
JINX |
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10-Jun-2008 01:45 |
JINX |
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11-May-2015 19:44 |
DB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
22-Dec-2019 20:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Dec-2019 20:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
23-Dec-2019 20:44 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
04-Jan-2021 22:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
05-Jan-2021 09:32 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |