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Date: | Thursday 18 January 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WA713 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Middleton St.George, nr Darlington, Co.Durham, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St.George, Co.Durham |
Destination airport: | RAF Middleton St.George |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA713, 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 10/10/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/1/1951, when Undershot runway & undercarriage leg torn off on landing at RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham
Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) and relegated to Ground Instructional Airframe 6863M. In the event, deemed too badly damaged for such use, and instead Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) for breaking up as spares and produce.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.110 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.108
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 08:02 |
JINX |
Added |
12-Jun-2008 08:42 |
JINX |
Updated |
19-Jun-2013 14:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
08-Jan-2021 02:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Jan-2021 09:35 |
Quenten74 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
12-Jan-2021 15:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |