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Date: | Tuesday 29 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 208 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA617 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Nicosia -
Cyprus
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Nicosia, Cyprus (NIC/LCNC) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T7, WA617, 208 Squadron, RAF: delivered 19/10/1949. Written off 29/05/1951, Undershot landing at RAF Nicosia, Cyprus. Damaged Beyond Repair when undercarriage leg collapsed. No reported injuries to the crew
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.114 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.142
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-May-2008 15:13 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jun-2008 02:34 |
JINX |
Updated |
23-Jan-2012 05:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
23-Jan-2021 23:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |