ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231765
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| Date: | Friday 7 December 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
| Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | VT339 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 miles west of RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT339, 226 OCU, RAF: delivered 24/11/1948. Written off (destroyed) 7/12/51 when crashed one-and-and-a-half miles west of RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Pilot killed.
During an authorised low level sortie from RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, the aircraft was seen to break up in flight, and dived into the ground one and a half miles west of the airfield. The cause of the structural failure in flight was not determined. The pilot was killed.
Pilot of Meteor VT339:
F/O Paul Mitchell Jenkins (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 7/12/51
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.123 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 205
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4. 226 OCU ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2165/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162873
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/77: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424198
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2553: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578399
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2019 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Dec-2019 21:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2021 19:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2021 08:59 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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