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Date: | Thursday 21 April 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | WL364 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WL364: Notified as awaiting collection 9/5/52, delivered 13/5/52. RAF service career was with 202 AFS (Advanced Flying School), 208 AFS, 210 AFS and the CFS (Central Flying School) at RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/4/55: The aircraft undershot landing on approach to RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The aircraft impacted into the undershoot area, and the undercarriage collapsed on touch down. The aircraft then slid along on its belly along the runway at Little Rissington. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 21/4/55
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.73)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.129
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946-76 p.313 by R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, R. Bagshaw
6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL 7.
https://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2988.htm 8.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jun-2008 06:18 |
JINX |
Added |
13-May-2015 08:26 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
11-May-2020 22:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-May-2020 08:31 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator] |