Date:	Monday 4 February 1957
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor NF Mk 14
Owner/operator:	25 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WS753
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Shotover Hill, 4 miles east of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Meteor WS753/J: Destroyed when crashed onto farmland at night at Shotover Hill, 4 miles east of Oxford, Oxfordshire after the canopy detached. Aircraft was on a high level navigation training sortie from RAF West Malling. The accident investigators blamed metal fatigue and recommended strengthening of the cockpit canopy, which flew off catastrophically at altitude causing his fighter jet to power dive vertically into Shotover Hill, Oxford. The crew did not eject and were both killed. 04/02/1957
Crew:
S/Ldr (153.138) Alan Edward HALL AFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (579787) Arthur Geoffrey LEVETT (nav.) RAF - killed

1. Hilley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells:
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cumminge
4. http://simviation.com//lair/casualty1957.htm
5. http://www.25squadron.org.uk/images/PersHistory/Rhodesia%20207.jpg
6. http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=6256.0
7. http://www.25squadron.org.uk/meteoryears.htm
8. http://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/visit-to-west-malling.html
9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/l2f1/4495047856
10. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WS
11. https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW050077

Gravestone of the navigator of Meteor WS753, Flying Officer A.G.Levett:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Jun-2011 14:36	angels one five	Added
24-Jan-2012 12:58	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
10-Nov-2014 14:43	Juan P.Paco	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport]
26-Oct-2017 18:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2020 18:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
29-Jul-2020 18:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]
03-Sep-2020 06:06	R A Hall	Updated [Narrative]
23-Jul-2021 20:39	Jouda	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Operator]
11-Feb-2022 11:18	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]