ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20472
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 September 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor NF Mk 11 |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WD593 |
| MSN: | AW.5250 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor NF.11 WD593: Delivered 28/3/51. Delivered initially to the A&AEE at Boscombe Down, and later passed on to 151 Squadron at RAF Leuchars, Fife
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Collided with WD643 on runway threshold at RAF Leuchars, Fife and crash landed, 21/9/1954. The other Meteor involved (WD643) was repaired and returned to service.(It was struck off charge on 7/11/66 - over 12 years later)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.163 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.26)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.91
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WD
5. 151 Squadron RAF Operational Record Book (RAF Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/12/51 to 31/5/62: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2823/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8442448
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2008 22:42 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 08:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 07-Aug-2014 16:15 | Digger | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 09:40 | Jixn | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2020 19:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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