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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 ATU RAAF |
| Registration: | A77-4 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crouch’s Hill, Houghton, SA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Woomera, South Australia |
A77-4 (Meteor T.7 ex-RAF WN321). Delivered to RAF 13/08/53. Redelivered to the RAAF 04/12/53. Crashed and destroyed 21/10/58 after losing control during aerobatics at Crouch’s Hill, Upper Hermitage, Houghton, South Australia.
Crew:
P/O A.J.C. BIERMAN (pilot) RAAF - killed
A funeral service for P/O A.J.C. Bierman took place at the Daw Road Chapel with full military honours on 24/10/1958. Remains of WN321 were authorized to be struck off charge and scrapped 14/01/59
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983, p.80)
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a77.shtml
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WN
4. http://www.georama.com.au/RAAFFireService/Yarns.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2013 12:42 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Mar-2014 01:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2014 01:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 27-Apr-2015 21:16 | Victor III | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2022 23:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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