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Date: | Tuesday 4 December 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 202 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WF777 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1/2 mile west of RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) |
Destination airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T7, WF777, 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 3/4/1951. Written off 4/12/1951 when crashed half a mile west of RAF Valley, Anglsey. Engine failed on approach, and the second ("live") engine shut down in error on overshoot. Aircraft bellylanded, and damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.122 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.204
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 02:16 |
JINX |
Added |
11-May-2015 19:53 |
DB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
17-Feb-2021 00:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Mar-2021 00:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
19-May-2021 09:00 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Operator] |