Date:	Tuesday 15 August 1944
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor Mk I
Owner/operator:	616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF
Registration:	EE226/G
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Great Chart ALG, Ashford, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF Great Chart ALG, Ashford, Kent

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F. Mk. I EE226/G: Delivered to 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron 13.8.44 at RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15.8.44 - just two days after delivery - in a stall/spin accident on approach to Great Chart ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) near Ashford, Kent, after an attempted approach at High Halden ALG. This accident is believed the be the first fatal flying accident involving a Gloster Meteor - indeed involving a jet aircraft in front line service - in RAF history.

Pilot:
Warrant Officer (1235043) Donald Arthur GREGG, RAFVR (pilot aged 21) - killed on active service 15.8.44: buried at Northern Cemetery Bulwell, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England

The loss rate of the still unproven Meteor Mk. I was high, with three being written off in non-combat incidents between 15 and 29 August 1944, with the loss of EE226 being the first of the three losses

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft EE100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn ORB for the period 1-4-1944 to 28-2-1957: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2525: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505163
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._616_Squadron_RAF#First_on_Meteors
4. Air Britain Aeromilitaria Summer 2009: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p.68
5. Royal Air Force Aircraft EE100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain p.27)
6. http://www.redtwo.plus.com/616/Welcomehist.htm
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=EE226
8. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2703281/donald-arthur-gregg/
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124650848/donald-arthur-gregg
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chart#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Sep-2013 10:22	angels one five	Added
10-May-2015 16:33	Angel Dick one	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
20-May-2015 06:47	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
21-May-2015 14:37	Angel dick one	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative]
16-Jul-2019 06:22	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
24-Sep-2019 20:54	angels one five	Updated [Location]
27-Jul-2023 14:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Location]]