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Date: | Sunday 16 October 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | WH115 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Honiley, Warwickshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Honiley, Warwickshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Meteor WH115: The aircraft's brakes failed on landing at RAF Honiley, Warwickshire, causing the Meteor to overshoot and run off the runway into a ditch. 16/10/1955
Crew:
F/O (2535089) Michael MAYNE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
P/O (????) John Courtney HEATHCOTE - WALKER (pass.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells:
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009.
4.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jun-2008 19:10 |
JINX |
Added |
10-Jan-2012 14:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
23-May-2019 17:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
31-May-2020 18:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
31-May-2020 18:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
31-May-2020 18:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
06-Jan-2022 10:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |