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Date: | Tuesday 4 December 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VZ587 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 miles North-East of Diepholz, Bückeburg, Lower Saxony -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Buckeburg, Germany (ETHB) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 VZ587, 2 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 4/12/51 when crashed 5 miles North-East of Diepholz, Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Pilot (flying solo) was killed.
The aircraft was seen to fly into the ground at very high speed and under full power. It appears that the Meteor lost altitude in a turn, and the loss of height was not corrected by the pilot.
Pilot of Meteor VZ587
Flying Officer Frederick Ward-Haugh, RAF (pilot, aged 28)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.122 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 203
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/78:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424199 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2554:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578400 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ 6.
http://www.rafjever.org/2squadaircraft.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Dec-2019 21:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
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28-Dec-2019 21:16 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |