Date:	Wednesday 17 September 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	1 OFU RAF
Registration:	WF883
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bassein, Burma (now Pathein, Myanmar) -   Myanmar
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Tengah, Singapore
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF883, 1 OFU (Overseas Ferry Unit): delivered to RAF 27/8/1951. Written off 17/9/1952 when ran out of fuel after radio failed & bellylanded in a padi field at Bassein, Burma (now Pathein, Myanmar). Aircraft was on a ferry flight to RAF Tengah, Singapore. The pilot apparently survived uninjured.

Pathein formerly called Bassein, is the largest city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma). It is located 190 km (120 mi) west of Yangon on the bank of the Pathein River (Pathein), which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (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 134)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.293
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathein

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2008 12:01	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 09:05	Charlie Harper	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
23-Mar-2021 21:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Mar-2021 10:09	Charlie Harper	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]