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Date: | Sunday 26 August 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA687 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan, South Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
Destination airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T7, WA687, 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF: delivered 16/6/1950. Written off 26/8/1951, when crashed at RAF Llandow, Glamorgan. The aircraft touched down well down the runway, and the pilot realized that he would not be able to stop the aircraft before he "ran out of runway". Thereofre, he raised the undercarriage the facilitate an emergency stop. The Meteor then slid off the end of the runway into some trees beyond the overshoot area. 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.117 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.172
4. ORB 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAF (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2686 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505324 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 07:39 |
JINX |
Added |
12-Jun-2008 08:45 |
JINX |
Updated |
18-Jan-2012 09:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
08-Feb-2021 04:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |