Date:	Monday 30 March 1953
Time:	night
Type:	Gloster Meteor NF Mk 11
Owner/operator:	228 OCU RAF
Registration:	WD713
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor NF.11 WD713, 228 OCU, RAF Leeming: delivered 18/3/1952. Written off 30/3/1953, in a take off accident at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire.

While taking off from RAF Leeming, a violent yaw to port occurred, and the pilot applied opposite rudder to correct this. The Meteor then took off. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot realised that the violent yaw on take off had been caused by a burst tyre. In response, the pilot circled RAF Leeming in order to burn off fuel, before making a wheels-up "belly landing" back at RAF Leeming.

Although the aircraft was wrecked ("damaged beyondeconomic repair") the two crew were uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 287
3. 228 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR AIR 29/2166 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101876
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WD

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jun-2008 02:39	JINX	Added
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21-Apr-2021 19:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]