Date:	Thursday 28 May 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	257 (Burma) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VZ481
MSN:	G5/361655
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	south-west of RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8, VZ481, 257 (Burma) Squadron, RAF: delivered 4/5/1950. Written off 28/5/1953 when this 257 Squadron aircraft lost control at the top of a loop during a tailchase with another 257 Squadron Meteor, the pilot ejecting safely as the aircraft crashed South-West of Wattisham.

Crew of Meteor VZ481:
Pilot Officer G M E Pullen, RAF (pilot) - survived, ejected safely

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.141 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 306
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 257 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Mininstry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/4/1952 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2671/4 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8426890
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ
6. http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wattisham_aviation_accidents.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2021 22:00	Dr. John Smith	Added
28-Apr-2021 22:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
28-Apr-2021 22:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn]
28-Apr-2021 22:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
28-Apr-2021 22:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
29-Apr-2021 10:23	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]