Date:	Monday 23 June 1952
Time:	23:30 LT
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	205 AFS RAF
Registration:	WH227
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St George, Durham
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WH227, 205 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 18/2/1952. Written off 23/06/1952, when damaged by fire at RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham when in the hangar undergoing a maintenance check. (One source - see link #6) stated "Destroyed by fire while refuelling at Middleton St. George, 23:30". Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) next day.

Note that several published sources confuse Meteor WH227 of 215 AFS with the loss of Meteor WH229 of 215 AFS - the later was written off in an accident the same day (24 June 1952)(which see)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.130 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.259
4. 205 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162859
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH
6. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2008 01:24	JINX	Added
15-Sep-2009 22:41	JINX	Updated
12-May-2015 08:35	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport]
12-Mar-2021 00:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2021 09:29	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]