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Date: | Tuesday 18 August 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WE951 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach. Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:WE951: First issued to 56 Sqn, RAF Waterbeach 30.3.51 coded J later V. sustained minor (Cat 2(R)) damage 25.7.52; Repaired On Site at Waterbeach, and returned to 56 Sqn 2.10.52 re-coded O.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overshot during an abandoned take-off and went through a hedge, at RAF Waterbeach, 18.8.53. Pilot, Pilot Officer S.A.Sumner (Service Number 2528430) survived OK. Aircraft deemed "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge as Cat 5(S).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.148 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.404
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE 5.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39925/supplement/4122/data.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jun-2008 22:07 |
JINX |
Added |
15-Jan-2012 15:00 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
28-May-2017 23:02 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-May-2017 23:02 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
24-Oct-2017 19:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
10-May-2021 15:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source] |