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| Date: | Thursday 28 June 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Wahn SF RAF |
| Registration: | WL407 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bonn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wahn |
Pilots bailed out over Bonn, after the canopy came off during a dive and the aircraft began breake up. Parts fell into city streets.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999\r
ORB Stn Wahn RAF
Honnefer Volkszeitung 6 July 1956, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2008 12:31 | JINX | Added |
| 12-May-2015 07:42 | yarbi | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 03-Dec-2018 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 28-Oct-2020 16:26 | Yarbi | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 14-May-2025 18:06 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2025 17:29 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 06:39 | ASN | Updated |
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