Date:	Tuesday 21 December 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WH299
MSN:	AWA.5060
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3/4 mile South of Bentwaters, Suffolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH299: Notified as awaiting collection 13/11/51, Delivered 20/11/51. RAF service career was with 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF only.

Written off (destroyed) 21/12/54: Abandoned in spin after exceeding limits, and come down 3/4 miles from RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk. Pilot - Flying Officer J.G.H. "Nick" Carter - ejected at 4,000 feet and 550 knots. Sustained injury to his right foot as it hit cockpit structure on way out and fracture to right forearm due arm flailing.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.167 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.49)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.110
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2008 15:14	JINX	Added
05-Oct-2011 22:11	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2013 13:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
03-May-2020 15:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]