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Date: | Monday 23 June 1952 |
Time: | 23:30 LT |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WH227 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, Durham |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WH227, 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 18/2/1952. Written off 23/06/1952, when damaged by fire at RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham when in the hangar undergoing a maintenance check. (One source - see link #6) stated "Destroyed by fire while refuelling at Middleton St. George, 23:30". Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) next day.
Note that several published sources confuse Meteor WH227 of 215 AFS with the loss of Meteor WH229 of 215 AFS - the later was written off in an accident the same day (24 June 1952)(which see)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.130 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.259
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH 6.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2008 01:24 |
JINX |
Added |
15-Sep-2009 22:41 |
JINX |
Updated |
12-May-2015 08:35 |
Xindel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
12-Mar-2021 00:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
12-Mar-2021 09:29 |
Xindel |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |