Date:	Tuesday 9 August 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	54 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WL158
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Destination airport:	RAF Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WL158: Notified as awaiting collection 31/12/53, delivered 22/2/54. RAF Service career was with 54 Squadron RAF Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, only

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/8/55: Undercarriage collapsed in heavy landing on grass at RAF Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire. Damaged aircraft removed to 54 MU RAF North Coates for damage assessment. Deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 15/8/55. Reduced to spares and produce at North Coates in August 1955

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.173 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 72)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.149
4. 54 Squadron ORB (Operational Records Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for period 1/1/51 to 31/12/55: File AIR 27/2619/106 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424699
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jun-2008 19:23	JINX	Added
02-Feb-2012 10:38	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source]
25-May-2020 19:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]