Accident Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 WF771,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20690
 
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Date:Monday 29 January 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:College of Air Warfare RAF
Registration: WF771
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Station Farm near RAF East Halton, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Manby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Dived into a hill at Station Farm, East Halton, Lincolnshire, destroying a tractor and killing a cow. The crew did not abandon the aircraft and both were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1566237) William Henry BLACK AFM (pilot) RAF - killed
W/Cdr (164406) Francis Michael HEGARTY AFC & Bar (pilot) RAF - killed

The aircraft flew into rising ground but the reasons for this were never determined.The story at the time was that the sortie was one that included a test of the students assymetric minima which could have gone horribly wrong.

Sources:

1. RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s-incident-logs#1962
4. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/70987-meteor-accident-statistics-14.html
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C6578804

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jun-2008 02:08 JINX Added
10-Feb-2013 20:57 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2013 20:13 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
14-May-2015 05:29 Lotos Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
04-May-2020 20:50 MIG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]

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