Date:	Friday 11 March 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	APS RAF
Registration:	WK794
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK794: Notified as awaiting collection 25/8/52, delivered to the RAF 27/8/52. Sole operational RAF service was with the APS (Armament Practice Station) RAF Acklington, Northumberland

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11/3/55 when the hydraulic systems failed, forcing the pilot to make a wheels up belly landing at RAF Acklington, Northumberland. Aircraft slid along the runway at Acklington, but the pilot was not injured. The airframe was deemed "beyond economic repair", and Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) on 16/3/55 at RAF Acklington. Broken up for spares and scrap at Acklington in April 1955

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.70)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.122
4. The Gloster Meteor in British Service By Martin Derry
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jun-2008 09:28	JINX	Added
13-May-2015 08:22	Boile A.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
08-May-2020 20:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2020 15:46	Boile A.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]