Date:	Wednesday 8 April 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	202 AFS RAF
Registration:	WF857
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Destination airport:	RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales (VLY/EGOV)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WF857, 202 AFS Advanced Flying School), RAF: delivered 12/7/1951. Written off 8/4/1953 when crashed on approach to RAF Valley, Anglesey, North Wales

While on final approach to RAF Valley, the pilot of Meteor T.Mk.7 WF857 saw a DH Vampire close by, and, fearing a collision, the QFI Instructor Pilot took control from the Pupil Pilot under Instruction, to initiate avoiding action. However, with little room to manouvre, the aircraft struck the ground and was damaged beyond repair. As far as is known, the two crew survived uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.144 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 359
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (Jame J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. 202 AFS ORB (Operational Record Boook)(Air Mininstry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2144 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101854
5. Roy Sloan, Anglesey Air Accidents during the 20th Century (Llygad Gwalch Cyf,2002, ISBN: 9780863816772)
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2008 10:39	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 13:03	Victor III	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
17-Apr-2021 23:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source]
23-Apr-2021 22:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Apr-2021 22:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]