ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20846
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| Date: | Sunday 24 February 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WG948 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Llandow, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WG948, 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAF: delivered 29/8/1951. Written off 24/2/1952 during a start-up accident at RAF Llandow, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. During start up, the starter trolley was disconnected from the aircraft without being switched off first. The start cable "shorted out", began sparking, and the sparks ignited some leaking hydraulic fluid. In the ensuing fire, the aircraft's underside was extensively damaged - to the extent that the aircraft was deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c). No injuries sustained to the pilot, who got out of the aircraft safely.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 124 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 224
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2686 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505324
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2008 04:31 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 27-Feb-2021 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2021 01:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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