Date:	Monday 7 July 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk III
Owner/operator:	2 FP RAF
Registration:	RA418
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1/2-mile north-east of RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Moreton Valance, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor RA418: Not delivered to RAF. Radio failed on delivery flight by 2 FP (Ferry Pool) RAF.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-7-47: the pilot became lost on the ferry flight to RAF Horsham St. Faith, and the aircraft ran out of fuel. The non-operational radio compounded the problem; the pilot could not call ATC for a 'fix' on his position, nor could he obtain a course and a heading. Eventually, during the final approach to land at Horsham St. Faith, the starboard engine failed due to fuel starvation. The pilot could not maintain altitude in the landing configuration, and the aircraft belly landed half-a-mile north east of RAF Horsham St. Faith

Damage initially assessed as Cat B. Re-cat E 25.7.47 and struck off charge.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.317
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p.127

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-May-2023 18:36	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-May-2023 19:50	Nepa	Updated