Accident Gloster Meteor F4 I-024, Saturday 16 January 1954
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Date:Saturday 16 January 1954
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-024
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:S of BA Morón, BA -   Argentina
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Destruido por impacto contra un banco de arena sobre el Rio de la Plata frente a las costas de Martin Garcia el 16 de enero de 1954, mientras estaba tripulado por un aviador chileno, el Teniente (FACH) Silvio Girardi, que realizaba un curso de reactores, fue rescatado herido de las aguas por la Prefectura Marítima. Posteriormente a este suceso se recupero el fuselaje

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
http://web.archive.org/web/20170218103920/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk:80/waf/americas/arg/AirForce/Argentina-af-Meteor.htm
Historia del EE548 cuando volaba para la UK
http://plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk/Aircraft/Jets/Meteor/gloster_meteor.htm
Historia de Aeronáutica Argentina por Walter Marcelo Bentancor
http://ayernoticiahoyhistoria.blogspot.com/2009/04/oficiales-chilenos-en-el-g2-de-caza.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jun-2015 19:17 TB Added
22-Jun-2016 13:08 TB Updated [Date, Registration, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Aug-2019 16:13 TB Updated [Source, ]
15-Mar-2025 12:56 Gamietea Esteban Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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