Date:	Friday 19 July 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk III
Owner/operator:	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF
Registration:	EE346
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Shoness Farm, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Destination airport:	RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor EE346: Delivered to 74 (Tiger) Squadron, RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norwich, Norfolk 13.7.45 coded "4D-J"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19.7.46 when engine cut and aircraft force-landed into a field at Shoness Farm, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Airframe not repaired: Struck off charge as Cat. E 31.7.46

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.186
3. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
4. 74 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1943 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2431: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505069
5. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
6. Air Britain Aeromilitaria Summer 2009: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_2009.pdf p.73
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF#Meteors,_Hunters,_and_Lightnings
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St_Faith#Postwar_Royal_Air_Force_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jun-2023 21:54	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Jun-2023 21:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated
16-Jun-2023 08:22	Nepa	Updated
18-Jun-2023 03:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated