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Date: | Friday 12 January 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WA719 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3/4 mile NE of RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Durham, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham |
Destination airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Durham |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA719, 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 26/10/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/01/1951: Undershot on asymmetric (single engine) approach to RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham. Aircraft came down 3/4 mile north east of the airfield boundary, and was wrecked when lost control on landing and crossed the railway line, ending up in an embankment of the Stockton-Darlington line. No reported injuries to the crew.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 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.106
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 6.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm 7.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 11:34 |
JINX |
Added |
10-Jun-2008 01:47 |
JINX |
Updated |
11-May-2015 19:45 |
DB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
08-Jan-2021 02:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jan-2021 14:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jan-2021 14:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
12-Jan-2021 15:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
12-Jan-2021 17:11 |
Werich |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |