Date:	Saturday 17 March 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	1 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WK808
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex
Destination airport:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK808: Notified as awaiting collection 2/10/52, delivered to the RAF 8/10/52. RAF Service career was with the RAF St. Athan Station Flight, 257 Squadron, and 1 Squadron RAF Tangmere

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/3/56: Belly landed at RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, after the undercarriage collapsed during a roller landing. Not repaired, Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) 17/3/56 and broken up for spares and produce. Pilot uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 15)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jun-2008 09:39	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 17:42	BlB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
13-Jun-2020 18:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Jul-2023 20:27	Nepa	Updated [[Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]