Date:	Friday 5 October 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	222 (Natal) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WA774
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL)
Destination airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WA774, 222 Squadron, RAF: delivered 5/12/1950. Written off 5/10/1951 when crashed on landing at RAF Leuchars, Fife. The aircraft was making a stream landing when heavily laden, in conditions of adverse weather, with the wind gusting at 90 degrees to the runway. The Meteor ran off the runway due to the pilot leaving braking until very late in the landing run. The pilot then had to make a sharp turn to avoid running into the River Eden, and the aircraft was only brought to a halt by colliding with a shed. The pilot survived with only minor injuries.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. p 120)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.184
4. 222 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2475 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505113
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF#Entering_the_jet_age
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leuchars#Cold_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2008 12:35	JINX	Added
07-Jun-2008 11:56	JINX	Updated
19-Jan-2012 02:20	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source]
11-Feb-2021 15:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Jul-2023 10:05	Nepa	Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]