Date:	Friday 2 September 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	222 (Natal) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VT247
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex
Destination airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire

Narrative:
Meteor VT247: Delivered to 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 14.9.48. Issued to 222 Squadron 12.1.49; damaged 15.3.49; Repaired on Site. Returned to 222 Squadron 23.7.49 after repairs complete.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed during slow roll over RAF Thorney Island during display practice, near Emsworth, Hampshire, 2.9.49. The aircraft was engaged in aerobatic practice for a forthcoming Battle of Britain Air Display. The pilot rolled the aircraft inverted across the airfield at Thorney Island, with the dive brakes extended and at low altitude and airspeed. The Meteor dived into the ground for approximately 100 feet agl
Crew:
F/Lt (185.128) Arthur John Mutton MORGAN (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 2.9.1949

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.563
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
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6. https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
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8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF#Entering_the_jet_age
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island#Station_history

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