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Date: | Saturday 7 June 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor PR Mk 10 |
Owner/operator: | 13 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WB161 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eastern Mediterranean Sea, between Fayid, Egypt and Nicosia, Cyprus -
Egypt
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | RAF Fayid, Egypt |
Destination airport: | RAF Nicosia, Cyprus |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Missing 7/6/1952. Disappeared on a flight from RAF Fayid (Egypt) to RAF Nicosia (Cyprus) whilst being flown by the AOC (Air Officer Commanding) 205 Group RAF. No message indicating distress was ever heard and an extensive search found no trace of the Meteor or its distinguished pilot.
Air Vice-Marshall David Francis William Atcherley CB CBE DSO DFC RAF, (pilot, aged 48) missing.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
954/55 WB 166 apparently was found in crashed condition the desert along with a crashed Egypt Vampire
The Vampire was considered to the cause.
Trigger 13 Sqn. ground crew., 1952/1955.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2008 00:59 |
JINX |
Added |
13-Jan-2013 13:12 |
angels one five |
Updated |
13-Jan-2013 13:31 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
12-May-2015 08:32 |
ABBA |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
13-Sep-2019 15:14 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source] |
09-Mar-2021 20:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |