Date:	Saturday 3 April 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WL128
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Blackmore, 3 miles E of Chipping Ongar, Essex -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF North Weald, Essex
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WL128: Awaiting collection 24/11/53, delivered 26/11/53. RAF service was with 111 (Treble One) Squadron, RAF only.

Written off (destroyed) 3/4/54: Collided with Meteor T.7 WL462 of 604 Squadron in turn & abandoned over Blackmore, 3 miles E of Chipping Ongar, Essex. While the pilot of Meteor F.8 WL128 - Flying Officer W.J. Ellies-Hill - bailed out successfully, the pilot of Meteor T.7 WL462 was killed (which see). The second crew member of Meteor T.7 WL462 also baled out safely.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 72)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.49
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mid-air_collisions_and_incidents_in_the_United_Kingdom#1950s
6. http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jun-2008 18:59	JINX	Added
04-Aug-2013 13:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase]
07-Apr-2020 18:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Apr-2020 18:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]