Date:	Monday 4 June 1956
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	19 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WL138
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2.5 miles east of RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WL138: Notified as awaiting collection 30/11/53, delivered to the RAF 12/1/54. RAF Service career was with 72 Squadron and 19 Squadron

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4/6/56: Lost power on approach to RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire and force-landed two and a half miles east of the airfield. According to an eyewitness report:

"My father was this man's best friend and I have photos of the pilot that died in this crash. They were stationed together at Church Fenton in 19 Sqn. My father has just passed away and I am going through his stuff. I can name the pilot if i am allowed to and provide a photo of him too"

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (Jimes J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.72)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.197
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jun-2008 19:10	JINX	Added
13-Oct-2011 12:20	Anon.	Updated [Source]
12-May-2015 07:37	yarbi	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
16-Jun-2020 00:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jul-2021 21:01	Anon.	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Operator]