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Date: | Friday 30 April 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WF837 |
MSN: | G5/1499 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF837: Delivered 7/6/51. RAF service was with 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn RAF only
Written off 30/4/54: Aircraft suffered severe airframe icing, bounced on emergency landing and cartwheeled on impact at RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent. No fatalities or injuries reported.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.158 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 40)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.54
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2008 04:00 |
JINX |
Added |
18-Jan-2012 07:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
08-Apr-2020 18:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Jun-2023 09:55 |
Nepa |
Updated |