Accident Gloster Meteor F4 I-070, Monday 27 June 1949
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Date:Monday 27 June 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor F4
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA
Registration: I-070
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near BA Tandil, BA -   Argentina
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:BA Tandil, BA
Destination airport:
Narrative:
El 27 de junio de 1949 mientras se desarrollaba un vuelo en formación se roza en vuelo con el cazar interceptor Gloster Meteor F.Mk.IV matrícula I-092, piloteado por el Teniente Jorge Quagliardi, El I-070 cayó a tierra y falleciendo en el acto su piloto Alférez William Félix GIMENEZ, en las cercanías de la Base Aérea Militar Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Sources:

Libro Serie Fuerza Aérea # 12 JORGE F. NUNEZ PADIN
WIKIPEDIA
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor
Mundo Historia
http://www.mundohistoria.org/temas_foro/armamento-todas-las-epocas/gloster-meteor
Aeroflight
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/arg/AirForce/Argentina-af-Meteor.htm
AMILARG
http://amilarg.com.ar/gloster-meteor.html
EL LITORAL, lunes 27 de junio de 1949 página 2
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/22188/?page=2
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/arg/AirForce/Argentina-af-Meteor.htm
El escuadrón del Cielo de la FAA
https://escuadrondelcielofaa.blogspot.com/2018/06/un-27-de-junio-i.html
LA AVIACIÓN DE CAZA - CAPÍTULO III - GLOSTER METEOR MK-IV - 1947 – 1970



Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jan-2015 17:23 TB Added
17-Jun-2016 17:52 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Jun-2016 18:53 TB Updated [Departure airport, Source, ]
21-May-2017 20:47 Dr.John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-May-2017 20:52 Dr.John Smith Updated [Narrative, ]
21-Aug-2019 16:00 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Feb-2025 18:54 Gamietea Esteban Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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