Date:	Thursday 15 July 1954
Time:	c. 14:00
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	257 (Burma) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WA852
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Stowmarket, Suffolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA852: Delivered 2/8/50. RAF service was with 257 (Burma) Squadron (Coded "J") only

Written off (destroyed) 15/7/54: Due to the aircrafts canopy shattering in flight while the aircraft was near Stowmarket, Suffolk. The aircraft's ejection seat moved, meaning that the pilot - Sergeant M. Foster - was unable to reach the controls. As he could no longer control the Meteor, he decided to eject, and landed safely

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.161 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.72
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
5. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X48043?result-token=xja7q

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2008 14:45	JINX	Added
12-Sep-2011 11:20	Waypoint	Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative]
24-Jan-2012 13:11	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2013 13:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
15-Apr-2020 22:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]