Date:	Thursday 9 October 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	CFS RAF
Registration:	WH217
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Enstone, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (EGVL)
Destination airport:	RAF Enstone, Oxfordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WH217 of the CFS (Central Flying School), RAF: Notfied as awaiting colllection 5/2/1952, delivered 7/2/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/10/1952, in a landing accident at RAF Enstone, Oxfordshire. The aircraft was on its third "touch and go" landing and take off from RAF Enstone, when it stalled from an altitude of approximately 10 feet and hit the ground heavily.

The aircraft slewed off the runway when the port undecarriage leg collapsed, and struck a building before coming to a stop. Although the Meteor was written off (damaged beyond economic repair) the crew were uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.135 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 289
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. Stansted Airport Through Time By Charles Woodley
5. CFS RAF ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2310/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163225
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH
7. Meteor WH217/"O-S" of CFS, Stansted Airshow 13/9/1952: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/5538874409
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enstone_Airfield#History
9. https://www.enstoneflyingclub.co.uk/about/history-
10. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/110244-1950-s-archive-part-12-stansted-1952 .

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Jun-2008 20:13	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 09:04	Charlie Harper	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
25-Mar-2021 18:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2021 18:33	Charlie Harper	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator]
27-Mar-2021 16:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source]
27-Mar-2021 22:08	Charlie Harper	Updated [Operator, Operator]