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Date: | Thursday 18 November 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 63 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE938 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
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 WE938: Delivered to 29 MU RAF High Ercall 13.4.51. First issued to 63 Sqn 11.7.51 coded K. Sustained Cat 3(R) damage 24.9.52. Repaired On Site and returned to 63 Sqn 6.11.52. Collided with banner target, 18.11.54 at RAF Acklington, Northumberland. Damage initially assessed as Cat 3(R): re-cat 4(R) 30.11.54.
Finally re-cat 5(C) 20.1.55: struck off charge, and reduced to scrap and components.
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.36)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.104
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 6.
http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jun-2008 17:00 |
JINX |
Added |
13-May-2015 07:54 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
28-May-2017 22:00 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
28-May-2017 22:01 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2020 19:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |