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| Date: | Thursday 31 May 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 728 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WA649 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea off Delimara Point -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hal Far, Malta |
Written off (presumed crashed and destroyed) 31.5.1956: Contact with the aircraft was lost during a radar calibration exercise with HMS Jamaica. Wreckage found in the Mediterranean Sea off Delimara Point, Malta; aircraft presumed to have crashed into the sea in the vicinity.
Pilot - Lt Brian Wilson - not found/not recovered. Accident investigation attributed crash to anoxia (oxygen starvation) after the pilot turned off his oxygen. The wreckage of WA649 was recovered by HMS Jamaica.
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1956.htm
http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19501959/tabid/651/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2013 05:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-May-2013 14:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 02-Sep-2020 20:50 | Yety | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator, ] |
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