Date:	Tuesday 24 June 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	215 AFS RAF
Registration:	WH229
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T7, WH229, 215 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF: delivered 22/2/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/6/1952 in a landing accident at RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. The aircraft undershot landing on final approach, hit the edge of a quarry, bounced across a road and caught fire near the end of the runway at RAF Finningley. The pilot was only slightly injured.

Crew of Meteor WH229
Sergeant A Blow (pilot) RAF - survived injured

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. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 261
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4. 215 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/2/1952 to 30/6/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2143/3 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162857
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2008 01:28	JINX	Added
13-Aug-2013 14:46	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
12-Mar-2021 20:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2021 22:14	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]