VT240 / O-25 Meteor F4 and WL413 / X-68 Meteor T7 - 203 AFS Driffield 09Apr53 c
My late father started his advanced flying training on 25 February 1953 with 203 AFS based at RAF Driffield in Yorkshire.
He had this mishap on 09 April 1953.
He was on a solo flight, exercise 14 which was for aerobatics according to his flight log.
He was assigned Meteor IV VT240 code O-25.
On completing the sortie he was cleared to land. On landing before he had cleared the runway there was a big bang and he ended up on the grass.
He leapt out of his aircraft and ran like hell. Apparently it was commented by someone that they had not seen a person run so fast with a parachute pack attached.
On looking back my father realised that a Meteor VII WL413 code X-68 had landed behind him and hit him.
The tail of his aircraft was chopped off and VT240 was officially written off on this date.
WL413 was repaired and finally WFU at Kemble on 04May65.
My father was not blamed for this accident.
My father added the following caption to the photos -
"Mating season for Meteor's"
VT240 / O-25 Meteor F4 and WL413 / X-68 Meteor T7 - 203 AFS Driffield 09Apr53 c
My late father started his advanced flying training on 25 February 1953 with 203 AFS based at RAF Driffield in Yorkshire.
He had this mishap on 09 April 1953.
He was on a solo flight, exercise 14 which was for aerobatics according to his flight log.
He was assigned Meteor IV VT240 code O-25.
On completing the sortie he was cleared to land. On landing before he had cleared the runway there was a big bang and he ended up on the grass.
He leapt out of his aircraft and ran like hell. Apparently it was commented by someone that they had not seen a person run so fast with a parachute pack attached.
On looking back my father realised that a Meteor VII WL413 code X-68 had landed behind him and hit him.
The tail of his aircraft was chopped off and VT240 was officially written off on this date.
WL413 was repaired and finally WFU at Kemble on 04May65.
My father was not blamed for this accident.
My father added the following caption to the photos -
"Mating season for Meteor's"