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Date: | Wednesday 1 December 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T.7 |
Owner/operator: | 12 FTS RAF |
Registration: | WL467 |
MSN: | G5/423820 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset |
Destination airport: | RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1 December 1954: Engine blew up on single-engined overshoot; crash landed into a field, at Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset. The pilot - flying solo - was unharmed. Struck off charge same day (1.12.54) as Cat 5(C)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.101
4. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-May-2017 21:24 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
25-Dec-2018 20:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
29-Apr-2020 13:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source] |