Incident Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone WK885,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21296
 
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Date:Thursday 29 August 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic METR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gloster Meteor U.16 Drone
Owner/operator:RAF RAE Llanbedr
Registration: WK885
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Irish Sea, 38 miles SW of Llanbedr, Merionethshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Llanbedr, Wales
Destination airport:Llanbedr
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Control lost flew into Irish Sea, 38 miles SW of Llanbedr, Merionethshire 29/8/1963.

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/losses_drones.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20120224234002/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/tarmet.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Jun-2008 11:56 JINX Added
19-Jun-2008 11:57 JINX Updated
21-May-2013 13:46 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Feb-2020 21:10 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Operator]

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