Date:	Thursday 21 August 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VZ547
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:
Gloster Meteor F8 VZ547/"4D-B" later "B", 74 (Tiger) Squadron RAF: delivered 28/7/1950. Written off 21/8/1952 in a take off accident at RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk. The pilot abandoned the take off run due to a faulty air speed indicator, which had been incorrectly connected. The aircraft overshot the runway and and ran through the boundary fence before coming to a halt.

The pilot walked away from the crash uninjured. Meteor VZ547 was not repaired, and instead was Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 8/9/1952 at No.58 MU RAF Honington.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.133 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.283
4. 74 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2629/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424990
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. http://wpalette.com/system/pictures/a/0/8/b/34823/original.png
7. VZ547 on 3/5/1951: RAF in Camera: 1950s By Keith Wilson

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Mar-2021 00:21	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Mar-2021 09:28	Investig	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]