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Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WH292 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Odiham, near Basingstoke, Hampshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO) |
Destination airport: | RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH292, 54 Squadron, RAF: delivered 31/10/1951. Written off 3/6/1952, when crashed at RAF Odiham, near Basingstoke, Hampshire. Undershot landing on final approach, hit obstruction, undercarriage, and ventral tank torn off when aircraft landed in the undershoot area. No reported casualties or injuries to the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.252
4. 54 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/12/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2619/106 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424699 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH 6.
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2008 14:56 |
JINX |
Added |
12-May-2015 08:28 |
AlLah |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
09-Mar-2021 18:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |