Date:	Wednesday 21 May 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	203 AFS RAF
Registration:	VT176
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile from RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F. Mk 4 VT176,/"FMJ-S" of 203 AFS, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 21/5/52 when crashed on night take off from RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire. Pilot killed.

The aircraft made a normal night take off from RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, and climbed to an altitude of 500 feet before starting a turn to port. Almost immediately the aircraft began to make a shallow dive and flew into the ground one mile from the take off point. It is believed that the pilot, who was making his first night solo flight in a Gloster Meteor, had got into difficulties while flying in IFR ( Instrument Flight Rules ) conditions.

Pilot of Meteor VT176
Pilot Officer Hugh Rose, RAF (pilot, aged 20) - killed 21/5/1952

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 249
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/94: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424215
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2576: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578422
6. 203 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 29/2145/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162858
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Dec-2019 21:14	Dr. John Smith	Added
29-Dec-2019 22:56	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Mar-2021 20:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Apr-2021 08:40	angels one five	Updated [Nature, Narrative]