ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20650
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 April 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone |
| Owner/operator: | RAF RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WE962 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardigan Bay -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAE Llanbedr |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WE962: Delivered to rhe RAF at 19 Sqn 8.5.51 coded S; ran out of fuel and bellylanded in field, Howden, Yorkshire, 17.10.52 (pilot, Flying Officer D Turgoose survived OK). Damage assessed as Cat 4(R). To Gloster Aircraft for repairs 6.11.52. Returned to the RAF at 20 MU Aston Down 9.7.53.
Returned to service with 211 AFS, RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire 7.8.53; unit became 211 FTS 1.6.54, coded 35. Sustained Cat 3(R) 9.5.55; Repaired On Site at RAF Worksop and returned to 211 FTS 25.6.55. To 4 FTS 9.6.56 coded 16.
Withdrawn from service and delivered to 12 MU 14.6.57. Moved to 33 MU RAF Lyneham 9.3.60. Issued to Flight Refuelling Ltd 2.3.61 for conversion to U.16 drone. To Short Bros & Harland at RAE Llanbedr 21 .3.62. Expended as missile target 18.4.62: Shot down over Cardigan Bay during a flight from Llanbedr.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
3. http://rafworksop.btck.co.uk/AircraftBasedatWorksop
4. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/tarmet.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2008 22:32 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Jun-2008 09:26 | JINX | Updated |
| 24-Oct-2017 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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