ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20318
Last updated: 21 May 2020
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| Date: | 01-MAR-1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Meteor F.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Destined for RAAF |
| Registration: | WA935 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Persian Gulf -
 United Arab Emirates
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shahjah, Abu Dhabi |
Delivered to RAF at 8 MU Little Rissington 26/1/1951: Transferred to RAAF charge 19/2/1951. Missing on 1/3/1951 in the Persian Gulf on ferry/delivery flight to RAAF; took off from RAF Shahjah, Abu Dhabi and was never seen again. Was to have become RAAF A77-300 on arrival. RAAF serial not taken up
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.16)
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a77.shtml
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2008 20:21 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Feb-2013 09:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2013 01:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2017 19:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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