Date:	Wednesday 16 April 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	207 AFS RAF
Registration:	WG986
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wilberfoss, 2 miles S of RAF Full Sutton, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Full Sutton, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Full Sutton, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T Mk.7 WG986, 207 AFS, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 16/4/52 when crashed at Wilberfoss, 2 miles South of RAF Full Sutton, North Yorkshire. Both crew killed

The aircraft was overshooting from a single engine approach. At about one mile upwind of the runway at RAF Full Sutton, at a height of 200 feet, with the undercarriage down and one-third flap extended, the aircraft went below its critical speed, stalled, flicked onto its back, and dived into the ground.

Crew of Meteor WG986:
Flight Lieutenant (152.141) William Thomas ENOCH DFC (QFI Instructor Pilot) RAF : killed
Pilot Officer David Arthur JOYCE (Student pilot U/T): RAF - killed

The QFI Instructor Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Howell William Thomas Enoch DFC RAF, had previously survived another crash of a 207 AFS, RAF Meteor T.7, WF831, which crashed into a goods train near Fangfoss Railway station on 26/2/52 (which see).

The reported crash location of Wilberfoss is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the north side of the A1079 approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of York city centre and 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Market Weighton.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.127 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.237
4. 207 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/12/1951 to 31/7/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2146/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162861
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/88: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424209
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2569: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578415
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG
8. https://billiongraves.com/grave/Howell-William-Thomas-ENOCH/9371895
9. https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/3407730
10. https://pocklingtonhistory.com/district/fullsutton/airfield/index.php
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilberfoss
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Full_Sutton

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Jun-2008 16:45	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 07:29	DB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
29-Dec-2019 20:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2019 22:55	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Mar-2021 16:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
04-Mar-2021 16:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
19-May-2021 09:34	Anon.	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]