ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20270
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| Date: | Friday 12 January 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | WA719 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3/4 mile NE of RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Durham, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham |
| RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Durham | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA719, 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 26/10/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/01/1951: Undershot on asymmetric (single engine) approach to RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham. Aircraft came down 3/4 mile north east of the airfield boundary, and was wrecked when lost control on landing and crossed the railway line, ending up in an embankment of the Stockton-Darlington line. No reported injuries to the crew.
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 WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.106
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm
7. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2008 11:34 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Jun-2008 01:47 | JINX | Updated |
| 11-May-2015 19:45 | DB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2021 02:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2021 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2021 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2021 15:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2021 17:11 | Werich | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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