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Date: | Friday 2 January 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | 205 AFS RAF |
Registration: | WL365 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | nr Cotherstone, 3.5 miles NW of Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham |
Destination airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WL365, 205 AFS, RAF: Written off 02/01/1953. Spun into ground out of cloud, and crashed near Cotherstone, three and a half miles North West of Barnard Castle, County Durham. The aircraft was seen turning and losing altitude rapidly, but apparently still under control. It continued to turn and descend until it hit the ground, killing the pilot (who was flying solo)
Pilot of Meteor WL365
Pilot Officer (2530440) Ronald Edward Thorneycroft BOWATER (pilot) RAF - killed in service 2/1/1953
The reported crash location was near Cotherstone, a village and civil parish in the Pennine hills, in Teesdale, County Durham, England. located 4.1 miles north-west of Barnard Castle
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.139 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 326
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 73)
4.
http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL 6.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/QuickRefUK.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotherstone Revision history:
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20-Jun-2008 06:24 |
JINX |
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14-Apr-2013 19:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
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19-Jun-2013 18:13 |
Nepa |
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04-Aug-2013 21:23 |
JINX |
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12-May-2015 08:55 |
ABBA |
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23-Jul-2017 17:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
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08-Jan-2020 01:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
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08-Jan-2020 01:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
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08-Jan-2020 10:16 |
stehlik49 |
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09-Apr-2021 18:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
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09-Apr-2021 20:08 |
AB |
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10-Apr-2021 22:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
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10-Apr-2021 22:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
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