Date:	Friday 2 October 1959
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	5 FTS RAF
Registration:	WF835
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Willingham, 1 mile ENE of RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF835, 5 FTS, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 2/10/59. The aircraft entered a spin during the climb out from low level. The pilot was unable to regain control and both crew abandoned the aircraft before it crashed at Willingham, one mile East North East of RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire The student did not open his chute and was killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.200 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 40)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/421: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424542
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2008 03:58	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 08:09	ABBA	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source]
25-Jan-2020 20:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jan-2020 21:01	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator]
11-Jul-2023 22:04	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator]]