Date:	Sunday 22 April 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	609 (West Riding) Sqn RAuxAF
Registration:	WE895
MSN:	AWA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Cawood, 4 miles NW of Selby, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed 22/4/1956: Flight Lieutenant William Sanderman Campbell was killed on 22 April 1956 in Meteor F.8 WE895 while with 609 (West Riding) Squadron, at Cawood, 4 miles south west of Selby, North Yorkshire

The aircraft was 1 of 4 in a section flying in line abreast at 35,000 ft. The leader ordered a half roll to starboard and a pull through but on completion at 24,000 ft No. 4 was found missing.

At some stage it is believed the pilot lost control and ejected. However the face blind blew back over the top of seat and prevented the drogue chute from deploying correctly. Although the pilot attempted manual release from the seat, he did not operate the mechanism correctly, and was killed on impact with the ground

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 65)
3. To Fly No More: RAF Aircraft Accidents and Write-offs, 1954-58 by Colin Cummings, Nimbus Publishing; ISBN: 095266190X
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/338: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424459
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20170723045955/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1956.htm#apr
7. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?324-Flight-Lieutenant-Campbell-609-(WR)-Sqn
8. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
9. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Jun-2008 15:51	JINX	Added
10-Jan-2012 15:15	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]
16-Mar-2013 18:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Mar-2013 18:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2013 07:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
22-Jan-2020 16:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative]
10-Mar-2024 17:43	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]