Date:	Tuesday 16 May 1950
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	257 (Burma) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VT343
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Meteor VT343: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16-5-1950. The take off from RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk was abandoned, and the undercarriage raised to facilitate an emergency stop, when the jet pipe temperature gauge was found to be unserviceable during the take off run. The Meteor then slid along the runway at high speed, causing severe damage to the aircraft's undersides. No reported injuries to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells:
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.57
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
5. ORB 257 Squadron RAF:
6. AIR 27/2487/19 / https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422541

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Dec-2020 19:36	Dr. John Smith	Added
23-Dec-2020 21:55	MIG21	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
21-Jul-2022 12:47	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]