Date:	Thursday 19 February 1959
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	RAF Flying College
Registration:	WL478
MSN:	G5/423827
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Theddlethorpe All Saints, 3 miles NE of Strubby, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (EGYD)
Destination airport:	RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.7 WL478 ["6"], RAF Flying College, Cranwell: Written off (destroyed) 19 February 1959. Stalled and dived into ground during single-engine overshoot, at Theddlethrope All Saints, 3 miles north east of Strubby, Lincolnshire (at approximate co ordinates 53.370989°N 0.198730°W); the pilot - Pilot Officer A. G. Treasure (flying solo) - was killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.199 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 74)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/406: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424527
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/38/S2932: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578712
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1959
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
8. http://priorieshistoricalsociety.btck.co.uk/WorksopLife/RAFWorksop
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theddlethorpe#Theddlethorpe_All_Saints
10. http://rafworksop.btck.co.uk/AircraftBasedatWorksop

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-May-2017 21:52	Dr.John Smith	Added
20-May-2017 21:56	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2019 12:11	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
25-Jan-2020 19:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2020 10:04	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]
12-Mar-2020 16:14	DG333	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-May-2021 21:17	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]