Date:	Sunday 25 September 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	63 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VT258
MSN:	UB-D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor VT258: Delivered to the RAF at 38 MU 6.9.48. Issued to 63 Squadron 12.1.49 coded 'UB-D'.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when undershot on landing, bounced on to runway and undercarriage collapsed, at RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk 25.9.49. Pilot F/Lt Conway survived OK. Damage initially assessed as Cat B; re-cat E 19.1.50 and Struck Off Charge

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