Date:	Wednesday 16 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk III
Owner/operator:	245 (Northern Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration:	EE298
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire (EGUO)
Destination airport:	RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F. Mk. III EE298: To 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron 3.5.45. In March 1945, 504 Squadron was re-equipped with Gloster Meteor jets, but the war in Europe ended before they saw any action. It was re-numbered 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Squadron 10.8.45 aircraft coded 'MR-T'.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16-1-46 when crashed on approach to RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The aircraft stalled during an asymmetric (single engine) approach to RAF Colerne, due to the pilot allowing the aircraft's speed to decline to below the critical stalling speed. The aircraft force landed on the runway at Colerne, and the pilot - Flight Lieutenant R L Angless - was uninjured.

Despite being written off (deemed "damaged beyond repair") and struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) on 20.3.46, the pilot was uninjured.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988 p 29)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.27 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.38
4. 245 Squadron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book) for the period 1 January 1946 to 31 December 1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2481 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505119
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aero militaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. Air Britain Aeromilitaria Summer 2009: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p.71
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._504_Squadron_RAF#In_World_War_II
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._245_Squadron_RAF#Postwar
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Colerne#Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2021 23:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-May-2021 23:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
01-Jun-2021 18:15	Angel Dick one	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
26-Jul-2023 12:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]]