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| Date: | Thursday 2 August 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone |
| Owner/operator: | RAF RAE Llanbedr |
| Registration: | WK790 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Llanbedr, Merionethshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Llanbedr, Merionethshire (EGOD) |
Transferred to the Ministry of Aviation 24/2/1961 for conversion to Meteor U.16 drone. Written off 2/8/1962 when failed to take-off on pilotless flight from Llanbedr, and caught fire when it ran off the end of the runway. Wreckage to the dump at Llanbedr for fire fighting/crash rescue training
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2008 09:23 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Oct-2013 04:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Feb-2020 21:09 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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