Date:	Monday 12 May 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	215 AFS RAF
Registration:	VT145
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F4, VT145, 215 AFS (Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 29/4/1948. Written off 12/05/1952, when crashed at RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. On an asymmetric (single engine) approach to land at RAF Finningley, the aircraft crash landed short of the runway, and was wrecked (damaged beyond repair). As far as is known, the pilot escaped with only minor injuries.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.127 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 246
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983)
4. 215 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/2/1952 to 30/6/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2143/3 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162857
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2021 17:01	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Mar-2021 17:48	MuDr.Roup	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
16-Mar-2021 17:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]