ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240507
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| Date: | Friday 2 July 1948 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Gloster Meteor F.4 |
| Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
| Registration: | EE549 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | - -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, UK |
| RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, UK |
When operating with the Central Fighter Establishment out of RAF West Raynham, Norfolk the aircraft suffered an in flight accident on 2nd July 1948.
Gp. Capt. E M (Teddy) Donaldson set a new world air speed record of 615.78 mph in EE549 on 7th September 1946
Sources:
Aeroplane Monthly December 1975 - 'Preservation Profile' Gloster Meteor F.4 EE549 - Page 628
https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/museum-aircraft/gloster-meteor-f4
http://www.aviation-history.com/gloster/meteor.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1958 | WK991 | 46 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Odiham, Hampshire, England | |
sub |
Images:
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, West Sussex, UK - 11th June 2013
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2020 17:23 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 27-Aug-2020 10:23 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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