Date:	Thursday 17 May 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor NF Mk 14
Owner/operator:	264 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WS831
MSN:	AWA.5832
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Destination airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Meteor NF.14 WS831: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/5/56: The brakes failed on landing at RAF Linton On Ouse, North Yorkshire. The Meteor ran off the runway and collided with a building. Aircraft not repaired, but no casualties reported. WS831 was Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(G/I) in May 1956 and allocated for Ground Instructional Usage as 7353M

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 93)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.194
4. 264 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/56 to 31/12/60: File AIR 27/2852/5 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8433624
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WS

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2016 18:25	TB	Added
15-Jun-2020 22:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category]
15-Jun-2020 22:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2020 08:47	AlLach	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]
08-Aug-2022 08:00	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]