Date:	Monday 19 January 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	205 AFS RAF
Registration:	WA715
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham
Destination airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7, WA715/"B", 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 10/10/1950. Written off 19/1/1953, Overstressed and Damaged Beyond Repair after control lost in flight 19/1/1953 during aerobatics over RAF Croft: pilot recovered control and aircraft landed safely back at RAF Middleton St. George. County Durham.

Not repaired; struck off charge as Cat.5(c). Damage recorded as a "flying accident" as it occurred in-flight during an aerobatic sortie. The crew were not injured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.141 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.333
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859
5. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm
6. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
8. Photo of Meteor WA715: https://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/MY/MY93-11/30-1.jpg

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2008 08:04	JINX	Added
09-Jun-2008 16:46	JINX	Updated
10-Mar-2013 22:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
19-Jun-2013 18:18	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
10-Apr-2021 17:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Apr-2021 18:47	Angel dick one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
10-Apr-2021 21:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Apr-2021 22:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]