ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85127
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 11-NOV-1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Meteor F.8 |
| Operator: | 77 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | A77-587 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 nm from Kimpo -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kimpo, Korea |
| Kimpo, Korea |
Ex-RAF WA939: Delivered 19/02/51. Served in Korea with 77 Sqn. Collided with A77-959 and abandoned near Kimpo Korea, 11/11/51. Crew; Pilot Officer Douglas Merson Robertson (O5672). Pilot nursed aircraft to within 10 nm of base and ejected at 4,000 ft and 210 kts suffering only minor injuries. (Aircraft crashed in paddy field, killing civilian boy.) The pilot in A77-959 was killed. This was only the third-ever RAAF Ejection from an aircraft
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a77.shtml
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2012 15:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2012 15:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Jan-2013 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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