ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20858
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| Date: | Thursday 3 December 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 206 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | WG982 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Marham, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WG982, 206 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire: Awaiting collection 3/10/1951, delivered 12/10/1951. Written off (destroyed) 3/12/53. Crashed when pilot lost control during asymmetric approach to RAF Marsham, Norfolk.
Wreckage recovered to 58 MU, RAF Honington, where scrapped. No reported injuries to the crew of two.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.153 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950-53 by Colin Cummings p 436
4. 206 AFS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry File AM/F.540) for the period 1/10/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2146/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162860
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9765-Meteor-losses-at-206-AFS-RAF-Oakington-1951-to-January-1953
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2008 11:55 | JINX | Added |
| 12-May-2015 17:18 | BlB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 03-Feb-2020 00:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2020 12:51 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 23-May-2021 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2021 09:19 | BlB | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2023 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Location, Operator]] |
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