Date:	16-JAN-1950
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	92 Squadron Royal Air Force (92 Sqn RAF)
Registration:	VT261
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Destination airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT261, 92 Squadron, RAF: Delivered 17/9/1948 to 92 Squadron and coded "HI-A". Written off (destroyed) 16/1/1950. The aircraft struck the ground during a single-engine overshoot at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire. The pilot, Pilot II H. J. Blackwell, escaped

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.30
4. 92 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1947 to 31/12/1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2443/3 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420865
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
6. VT261 at Duxford 1948: http://www.controltowers.co.uk/d/Duxford_photopage.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Dec-2020 18:51	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-Dec-2020 19:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
15-Dec-2020 09:49	Oezil	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]