Date:	Thursday 28 October 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	Odiham SF RAF
Registration:	WH444
MSN:	G5/415573
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Destination airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH444: Notified as awaiting collection 23/4/52, delivered to the RAF 24/4/52. RAF Service was with 247 Squadron, and the Station Flight RAF Odiham

Written off (destroyed) 28/10/54: Undercarriage retracted in error on landing, aircraft caught fire and was destroyed by fire at RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire. PIlot survived

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.165 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.50)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.101
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Jun-2008 09:51	JINX	Added
13-May-2015 07:51	BlB	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
03-Dec-2018 17:55	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Nov-2019 10:43	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Apr-2020 22:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Apr-2020 08:37	BlB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Operator]