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| Date: | Friday 21 December 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | FECS RAF |
| Registration: | WF848 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pulau Batam Island -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Changi,Singapore |
Control lost in cloud, dived into ground. Air Vice Marshal Francis Joseph Braithwaite.
Note: FECS=Far East Communications Squadron
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
The Straits Times 22 December 1956, p1
Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
24-12-1956
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2008 04:07 | JINX | Added |
| 12-May-2015 17:54 | BlB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2019 17:54 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jul-2019 08:25 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 01-Jul-2019 08:27 | Cobar | Updated [Location, ] |
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