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Date: | Friday 3 December 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WA999 |
MSN: | AWA. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA999: Delivered 2/4/51. RAF Service was with the Station Flight, RAF Waterbeach and 56 Squadron
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/12/54: Undercarriage jammed, belly landed at RAF Acklington, Northumberland. Damage initially assessed as Cat.3(R) (repairable) and aircraft removed to 32 MU RAF St.Athan. Re-assessed (as "damaged beyond economical repair") as Cat.5(c) and Struck off charge on 9/6/55. Broken up for scrap and components at St.Athan.
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 p.16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.105
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA 6.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2008 20:49 |
JINX |
Added |
12-Jun-2008 08:38 |
JINX |
Updated |
13-May-2015 07:56 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
29-Apr-2020 18:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-May-2020 07:36 |
MIG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |