Date:	Thursday 21 February 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	20 MU RAF
Registration:	WH232
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH232, 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire: delivered 18/2/1952. Written off 21/2/1952 when crashed at RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. While on the downwind leg for a practice single engine landing, the aircraft dived into the ground, after the pilot allowed the altitude and airspeed to decay below minimum safe limits. The pilot was killed

Crew of Meteor WH232
Pilot Officer Ralph Llewellyn DAVIS (pilot) RAF - killed 21/2/1952

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 124 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 223
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Down#Post_Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2008 01:38	JINX	Added
11-May-2015 19:58	DB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
26-Feb-2021 23:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2021 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
19-May-2021 09:13	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]