ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20615
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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Date:10-JAN-1952
Time:
Type:Gloster Meteor F.8
Operator:RAF 19 Sqn.
Registration: WE854
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Church Fenton, Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Church Fenton
Narrative:
Hit jetstream from previous aircraft, undershot & hit controllers caravan.
I was at church fenton with leeds UAS at the time of the crash.
The controller sufered seviere damage to his legs. The fatality was his driver who was sat in a land rover parked behind the GCA caravan

Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999


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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jun-2008 14:08 JINX Added
20-Oct-2011 11:21 bob buck Updated [Source, Narrative]
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