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Date: | Friday 5 March 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WK891 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | English Channel, 4 miles east of Deal, Kent, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK863: Awaiting collection 2/1/53, Delivered 8/1/53. RAF service was with 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Squadron, RAF only.
Written off (destroyed) 5/3/54: whilst engaged in a practice interception against a Sabre aircraft, Meteor F.Mk.8s WH863 and WK891 (both of 245 Squadron) collided and crashed into the English Channel, 4 miles east of Deal, Kent. The pilot of Meteor WK863 was killed, the pilot of Meteor WK891 landed successfully and survived. However, Meteor WK891 was deemed to be "beyond economic repair", and was struck off charge
Crew of Meteor WK891
Squadron Leader (156.680) Nicholas Edward BOWEN (pilot) RAF - survived
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 70)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.36
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._245_Squadron_RAF#Postwar 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal,_Kent 7.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41753/supplement/4228/data.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jun-2008 12:02 |
JINX |
Added |
18-Jan-2012 04:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source] |
29-May-2013 14:03 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
06-Apr-2020 18:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-May-2021 21:44 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |