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Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | ITF Nicosia RAF |
Registration: | WF849 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles north of RAF Nicosia -
Cyprus
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Nicosia, Cyprus (LCNC) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF849, ITF (Instrument Training Flight) Nicosia, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 1/2/55 when stalled on take-off and dived into ground, two miles north of RAF Nicosia, Cyprus. Pilot (flying solo) killed.
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 1 February 1955, p16
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.168 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 40)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/260:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424381 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/33/S2741:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578521 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 10:21 |
JINX |
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18-Jul-2013 09:51 |
JINX |
Updated [Source] |
13-May-2015 08:10 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport] |
08-Feb-2017 16:47 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source] |
13-Jan-2020 23:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jan-2020 19:50 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |