Date:	Monday 28 April 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	66 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WA780
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England, -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Destination airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA780/"G" 66 Squadron, RAF: delivered 18/1/1951. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/4/1952 in a a landing accident at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, the details of which are not currently clear. No casualties or injuries reported. Not repaired, instead Struck Off Charge on 15/5/1953 at No.32 MU St. Athan as Cat.5(c)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.127 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.241
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
5. 66 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2627/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D842498 .
6. WA780 as G/66 Squadron. 1952: http://www.aviationbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70657&d=1413203624

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2021 20:05	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Mar-2021 09:52	Gagarin	Updated [Operator, Operator]