ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20690
Last updated: 26 November 2019
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| Date: | 29-JAN-1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College of Air Warfare |
| Registration: | WF771 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Stn Farm, nr RAF East Halton, Lincolnshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire |
Dived into a hill at Station Farm, East Halton, Lincolnshire, destroying a tractor and killing a cow. The crew did not abandon the aircraft and both were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1566237) William Henry BLACK AFM (pilot) RAF - killed
W/Cdr (164.406) Francis Michael HEGARTY AFC & Bar (pilot) RAF - killed
The aircraft flew into rising ground but the reasons for this were never determined.The story at the time was that the sortie was one that included a test of the students assymetric minima which could have gone horribly wrong.
Sources:
1. RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s-incident-logs#1962
4. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/70987-meteor-accident-statistics-14.html
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C6578804
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2008 02:08 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Feb-2013 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2013 20:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2015 05:29 | Lotos | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
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