ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20627
Last updated: 18 June 2013
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Date:26-FEB-1955
Time:
Type:Gloster Meteor F.8
Operator:RAF 63 Sqn.
Registration: WE884
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:1 mile N of Wendling, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit birds engine caught fire & abandoned.

Pilot:
F/O K.N. Carpenter ejected at 2,500ft, 200kts OK.

Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999


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05-Jun-2008 15:33 JINX Added
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