More information is required for this one as my information is not from source records but notes given to me. Stated as being on 12th January 1955 this aircraft suffered tyre damage on take off from Driffield airfield which saw fragments strike the inner wing / mainplane. Whether or not the pilot then stopped the aircraft or took off and then landed safely is not known. Minor damage resulted. The aircraft appears to have been a No.1 Squadron aircraft at the time and they were based at Tangmere. I have not found any obvious reason for it to be in Yorkshire.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Meteor WK916 was built to contract 6/ACFT/6066 by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd, at Baginton and was delivered to No.1 Squadron at Tangmere on 2nd October 1952. On 27th April 1953 the unit moved to Biggin Hill whilst work was being carried out at Tangmere. It then returned to Tangmere in July 1953. On 3rd March 1954 it sustained Cat.3R damage when the nose wheel tyre detached on take off and was then belly landed at Honiley. It was repaired on site and returned to 1 Squadron at Tangmere on 15th July 1954. On 12th January 1955 it sustained Cat.3R damage at Driffield when one wheel lost the tread on take off and it also sustained damaged to the mainplane. It was again repaired on site and on 21st February 1955 it was returned to 1 Squadron charge. On 25th May 1955 it received a Cat.3R damage assessment but the reason for this is not known. On 30th June 1955 it was returned to 1 Squadron charge at Tangmere. On 26th August 1955 the aircraft was transferred to 34 Squadron at Tangmere. On 2nd January 1956 it was transferred to 219 Squadron at Driffield. On 26th July 1957 it undeshot a landing at Kirkbride and hit a banking, wiping off the undercarriage. On 26th July 1957 the damage was inspected by 12 MU at Kirkbride and it was struck off charge on 14th August 1957 with Cat.5 damage.
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