Date:	Thursday 6 September 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VT188
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hooton Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hooton Park, Cheshire
Destination airport:	RAF Hooton Park, Cheshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT188, 610 (County of Chester) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6 September 1951. Aircraft undershot on approach and wiped off undercarriage on an earth embankment next to the boundary fence; aircraft belly landed on the runway and slid off the runway.

Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 26 September 1951

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.119 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 174
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hooton_Park#Post-war_operations
6. https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield-raf-hooton-park-1250.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Feb-2020 23:25	Dr. John Smith	Added
18-Feb-2020 11:41	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Operator]