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Date: | Thursday 23 October 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EE385 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor EE385: Written off (destroyed) 23 October 1947: Elevator trim tabs failed, aircraft broke up in flight during low level run over RAF Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Pilot killed
Identity of the pilot not 100% confirmed. However, only one RAF pilot was killed on this day, and buried in Germany:
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Charles Eric Mould, RAF Service Number 50173, aged 27. Killed on active service 23/10/1947. Buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.68. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988 p 20)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2398:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578244 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2200667/mould,-charles-eric/ 5.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20940703/charles-eric-mould Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Nov-2019 22:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-Nov-2019 23:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location] |
27-Nov-2019 23:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |