Date:	Monday 5 May 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	206 AFS RAF
Registration:	WG992
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T Mk 7, WG992, 206 AFS RAF, RAF Oakington: delivered 2/11/1951. Written off 5/5/1952 when crashed on approach to RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire. During an asymmetric (single engine) appraoch to RAF Oakington, the student misjudged the approach and the Meteor undershot the airfield. The student pilot was in command of the aircraft, and he applied power, but was unable to hold the aircraft straight and level. The Instructor pilot then took control, but was unable to prevent the Meteor from stalling.

The Meteor then struck the Windsock at RAF Oakington, swung to port, and hit the ground, ploughing through several railway lines before finally coming to a halt. Fortunately, both crew survived uninjured.

Crew of Meteor WG992
Flight Sergeant E W Ginger RAF (Instructor Pilot) - uninjured
Sergeant M F Stone RAF (Student Pilot under Instruction) - uninjured

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.126 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.245
4. Ely Standard 6 May 1952: https://archive.org/stream/CambridgeshireAviationScrapbook1897To1990.doc
5. 206 AFS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry File AM/F,540) for the period 1/10/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2146/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162860
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9765-Meteor-losses-at-206-AFS-RAF-Oakington-1951-to-January-1953

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Jun-2008 19:07	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 08:23	AlLah	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
22-Feb-2021 22:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source]
06-Mar-2021 16:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2021 16:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
06-Mar-2021 17:42	AlLach	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]