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Date: | Saturday 8 January 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 |
Owner/operator: | 92 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VT269 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Mepal, 7 miles west of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Gloster Meteor F.4 VT269, 92 Squadron, RAF: Delivered to 39 MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 30.9.48. To 92 Squadron, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire 19.11.48 as "DL-N'
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8-1-49 in a forced landing at RAF Mepal, 7 miles west of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Both engines cut due to fuel starvation; bellylanded on disused airfield at RAF Mepal, 8.1.49.
Crew:
Pilot III S.C Strachan (pilot) RAF survived OK
Not repaired: Struck Off Charge 9.2.49 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat E)
Sources:
1.Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.463
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 92 Sqdn RAF for the period 1-2-1947 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2443/3:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420865 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War 8.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p 176
9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mepal Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Apr-2023 20:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
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