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Date: | Monday 25 February 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Meteor FR Mk.9 |
Owner/operator: | 208 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WB138 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 25 miles WSW of Balad Sinjar. -
Iraq
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ran out of fuel in bad visibility & belly-landed in the desert.
WB138 was one of three Meteor FR9s lost in this incident.
The other two were WX796 and VZ577.
All 3 were left to the desert.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2008 00:42 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Jun-2008 04:48 |
JINX |
Updated |
29-Jun-2011 15:53 |
angels one five |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
11-May-2013 16:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |