Date:	Saturday 19 November 1955
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	600 (City of London) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WH253
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Biggin Hill, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Kent
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH253: Notified as awaiting collection 17/9/51, delivered to the RAF on 20/9/51. Known operational RAF service career was with 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron RAF, and 600 (City of London) Sqaudron RAF (coded "R").

Meteor WH253/R: Stalled on approach, undershot the runway and crash landed at RAF Biggin Hill.19/11/1955
Crew:
Pilot not reported as having sustained any injuries.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.176 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 49)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.167
4. Gentlemen in Blue: 600 Squadron (Appendix XV) By Hans Onderwater
5. WH253 as R of 600 Squadron, Biggin Hill 1955: http://www.aviationbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=61346&d=1352810247
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2008 06:51	JINX	Added
10-Jan-2012 14:05	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source]
26-Jan-2013 16:23	Nepa	Updated [Location]
09-Mar-2015 16:51	Anthony G.	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
02-Jun-2020 20:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]