Date:	Friday 10 December 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	8 FTS RAF
Registration:	VT215
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT215: Delivered to the RAF 15/7/48. Known military service was with the EFS (Empire Flying School), RAFFC (Royal Air Force Flying College) RAF Manby, 207 AFS (Advanced Flying School) and 8 FTS RAF Driffield.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/12/54: Crashed after an engine failure after a roller landing at RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire. Damaged initially assessed as Cat.4(R) and airframe recovered by (and to) 60 MU RAF Rufforth, North Yorkshire. Later Re-cat 5(c) and struck off charge 15/2/55. No reported injuries to the pilot (sole person on board)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.84)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.108
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Apr-2020 22:23	Dr. John Smith	Added
01-May-2020 09:59	BlB	Updated [Operator, Operator]