Date:	Friday 27 April 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	226 OCU RAF
Registration:	VT186
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VT186, 226 OCU, RAF: delivered 28 June 1948. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27 April 1951 when undershot on approach to RAF Stradishall, Suffolk. Whilst on a single engine approach to RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, the aircraft came down approximately 300 yards short of the airfield boundary. The possible cause of the incident was due to the aircraft running out of fuel, causing engine failure on the final stages of the approach. No reports of any injuries to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.113 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 132
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 226 OCU ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2165/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162873
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Feb-2020 23:08	Dr. John Smith	Added
18-Feb-2020 12:01	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator]
20-Jan-2021 21:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2021 11:18	INV	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]