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Date: | Tuesday 29 November 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WL141 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WL141: Notified as awaiting collection 14/12/53, delivered 21/12/53. RAF service career was with 257 Squadron, 64 Squadron and 65 Squadron
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/11/55: Undercarriage jammed and collapsed on landing, aircraft swung off the runway at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Not repaired and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) in November 1955
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 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.141
4. 65 Sqaudron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/51 to 31/12/55: File AIR 27/2626/3 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424986 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jun-2008 19:16 |
JINX |
Added |
27-May-2013 06:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
06-Jun-2020 15:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jul-2023 21:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |