Date:	Wednesday 19 August 1953
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor NF Mk 11
Owner/operator:	85 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WM177
MSN:	S4/U/2352
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	4 miles NW of RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Meteor WM177: Written off (destroyed) 19/8/53 when crashed four miles north-west of RAF Oakington during night interception practice. Cause of crash unknown.
Crew:
F/O Robert Frank COOPER (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O Maurice James HART (nav.) RAF - killed

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.149 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 405
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 77)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/169: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424290
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/32/S2650: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578496
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WM

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jan-2020 00:27	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-Jan-2020 08:45	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
03-Apr-2020 23:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn]
23-Aug-2022 11:44	Nepa	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator]