Date:	Monday 20 September 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	8 FTS RAF
Registration:	RA365
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Driffield, 2 miles SW of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 RA365: First of a batch of 100 Gloster Meteors, originally ordered in August 1943 as Meteor F.Mk.2s (RA365-RA398, RA413-RA457 and RA473-RA493) with DH Goblin engines. All delivered in 1945-46 as Meteor F.Mk.4s with RR Derwent engines. Known RAF service was with 8 FTS

Written off (destroyed) 20/9/54: Spun out of control on final approach to RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire, and dived into the ground. The pilot was killed

Crew of Meteor RA365:
Pilot Officer William Frederick Douglas (pilot, aged 23) - killed on active service 20/9/54

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.163 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.90
3. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
4. The Gloster Meteor F.I & F.III p.4 By Phil H Listeman

Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 RA365, on static display at Horseguards Parade, London, 1948:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Apr-2020 18:42	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-Apr-2020 18:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
22-Apr-2020 18:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
22-Apr-2020 19:06	Investig	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
22-Apr-2020 19:07	Iwosh	Updated [Location, Operator]