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Date: | Saturday 3 April 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WL128 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Blackmore, 3 miles E of Chipping Ongar, Essex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WL128: Awaiting collection 24/11/53, delivered 26/11/53. RAF service was with 111 (Treble One) Squadron, RAF only.
Written off (destroyed) 3/4/54: Collided with Meteor T.7 WL462 of 604 Squadron in turn & abandoned over Blackmore, 3 miles E of Chipping Ongar, Essex. While the pilot of Meteor F.8 WL128 - Flying Officer W.J. Ellies-Hill - bailed out successfully, the pilot of Meteor T.7 WL462 was killed (which see). The second crew member of Meteor T.7 WL462 also baled out safely.
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 72)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.49
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mid-air_collisions_and_incidents_in_the_United_Kingdom#1950s 6.
http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jun-2008 18:59 |
JINX |
Added |
04-Aug-2013 13:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase] |
07-Apr-2020 18:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Apr-2020 18:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |