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Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA894 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gull Farm, Aspall Road, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA894, 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron, RAF: delivered 5/10/1950. Written off 19/8/1952 when collided with Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA729 in cloud & abandoned. Aircraft came down at Gull Farm, Aspall Road, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Crew:
Squadron Leader (3038282) G.M. Hermitage (pilot) RAF ejected & survived, albeit injured.
The other Gloster Meteor involved (T.Mk.7 WA729) made a successful emergency landing back at RAF Wattisham, and survived to remain in service after repairs. (It was Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(scrap) on 20/5/1961 at No.5 MU Kemble and sold as scrap to Aluminium Refiners Ltd).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.132 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.281
4. 263 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/8/1952: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2671/5 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8426891 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._263_Squadron_RAF#Post-war 7. Gull Farmhouse Location:
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1032310 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debenham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 19:54 |
JINX |
Added |
29-Jan-2010 09:20 |
G Daley |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
30-May-2013 13:46 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2021 14:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2021 14:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
20-Mar-2021 14:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
20-Mar-2021 15:48 |
Xindel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |