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Date: | Thursday 2 December 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 |
Owner/operator: | 211 FTS RAF |
Registration: | WK920 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK920: Notified as awaiting collection 16/10/52, delivered to the RAF 24/10/52. RAF Service was with 211 AFS, which was re-named on 1/6/54 as 211 FTS, RAF Worksop
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2/12/54: Undercarriage damaged in roller landing at RAF Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Not repaired, Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) during February 1955 and broken up for spares and scrap as 32 MU RAF St.Athan.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.71)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.105
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK 6.
http://rafworksop.btck.co.uk/AircraftBasedatWorksop Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Jun-2008 12:39 |
JINX |
Added |
13-May-2015 07:55 |
Boile A. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
29-Apr-2020 17:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2020 17:54 |
BlB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator] |