ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20647
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WE955 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
| RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WE955: Delivered to 1 Sqn, RAF Tangmere 22.5.51 coded JX-C later T. Written off (destroyed) just one month and four days after delivery when both engines cut on approach to RAF Tangmere; the port engine failed first, and during the asymmetric approach on the starboard engine only, the starboard engine also cut out. The Meteor then became a engineless glider, and made a "wheels up" belly landing in field, adjacent to RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex 26.6.51. (Pilot - Pilot Officer W.E. Willis - survived OK). Damage initially assessed as Cat 4(R). Later re-assessed as "beyond economic repair" re-cat 5(S) 16.7.51 and struck off charge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.115 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 150
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 1 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1957: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2688 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505326
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2008 22:10 | JINX | Added |
| 12-May-2015 07:21 | Coumes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 28-May-2017 23:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2021 02:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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