Date:	Wednesday 6 August 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	226 OCU RAF
Registration:	WF828
MSN:	G5/1491
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	nr Sowley Green, 1/2 mile west of RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF828, 226 OCU, RAF: delivered 30/5/1951. Written off 6/8/1952, when the aircraft attempted an asymmetric (single engined) overshoot to RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Approximately half-a-mile from touchdown, the aircraft swerved violently into a descending turn to port and dived into the ground near Sowley Green, 1/2 mile West of RAF Stradishall. Both crew killed

Crew of Meteor WF828:
Flight Lieutenant (150834) Rodney ALLEN (QFI Instructor pilot) RAF - killed on duty 6/8/1952
PIlot Officer Fred Norman COOK (pilot under training) RAF - killed on duty 6/8/1952

Flight Lieutenant Rodney Allen had been awarded the King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air as part of King George VI's Birthday Honours on 1/6/1951.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.132 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 276
3. 226 OCU ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2165/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162873
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF
5. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39243/supplement/3092/data.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Birthday_Honours

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2008 03:50	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 08:40	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
18-Mar-2021 18:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Mar-2021 18:26	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]