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Date: | Monday 16 January 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 92 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VT261 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU) |
Destination airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT261, 92 Squadron, RAF: Delivered 17/9/1948 to 92 Squadron and coded "HI-A". Written off (destroyed) 16/1/1950. The aircraft struck the ground during a single-engine overshoot at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire. The pilot, Pilot II H. J. Blackwell, escaped
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.30
4. 92 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1947 to 31/12/1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2443/3 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420865 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT 6. VT261 at Duxford 1948:
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/d/Duxford_photopage.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Dec-2020 18:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
14-Dec-2020 19:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
15-Dec-2020 09:49 |
Oezil |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |