Date:	Monday 5 November 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	CFS RAF
Registration:	VZ642
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Meteor VZ642: delivered 5/8/1949. Written off (destroyed) 5/11/1951, when crashed at RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. The aircraft was landing at Little Rissington in conditions of adverse weather and reduced visibility. On final approach, the Meteor struck overhead HT Power cables and then some trees, and was extensively damaged. The crew were uninjured.

The subsequent RAF Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the accident to the pilot, who should have diverted to RAF Blakehill Farm, at Cricklade, near Swindon, Wiltshire, where the weather condtions were much better.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.121 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 193
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Blakehill_Farm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Feb-2021 17:36	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Feb-2021 20:56	JIXON	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]