Date:	Wednesday 6 October 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	64 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WH314
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WH314: Notified as awaiting collection 31/12/51, Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 28/12/51. RAF service was with 64 Squadron, RAF Duxford, only

Written (damaged beyond repair) off 6/10/54: Swung on take-off from RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Undercarriage collapsed, ventral tank caught fire. According to one source (see link #6)

"...the Meteor having apparently suffered brake failure, ran off the end of the eastern runway and slid across Hunts Road before stopping in a field (presumably before the rising crash net was installed at the Runway 24 end)."

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.164 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.93
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/491860-64-squadron-duxford.html#post7342311
7. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/111543-raf-duxford-meteor-incident-1950-s

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2008 19:07	JINX	Added
13-May-2015 07:49	BlB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport]
24-Apr-2020 22:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]