Date:	Friday 2 January 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	205 AFS RAF
Registration:	WL365
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	nr Cotherstone, 3.5 miles NW of Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, near Darlington, County Durham
Destination airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WL365, 205 AFS, RAF: Written off 02/01/1953. Spun into ground out of cloud, and crashed near Cotherstone, three and a half miles North West of Barnard Castle, County Durham. The aircraft was seen turning and losing altitude rapidly, but apparently still under control. It continued to turn and descend until it hit the ground, killing the pilot (who was flying solo)

Pilot of Meteor WL365
Pilot Officer (2530440) Ronald Edward Thorneycroft BOWATER (pilot) RAF - killed in service 2/1/1953

The reported crash location was near Cotherstone, a village and civil parish in the Pennine hills, in Teesdale, County Durham, England. located 4.1 miles north-west of Barnard Castle

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.139 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 326
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 73)
4. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WL
6. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Mil/QuickRefUK.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotherstone

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Jun-2008 06:24	JINX	Added
14-Apr-2013 19:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Jun-2013 18:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
04-Aug-2013 21:23	JINX	Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
12-May-2015 08:55	ABBA	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Jul-2017 17:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2020 01:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2020 01:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
08-Jan-2020 10:16	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
09-Apr-2021 18:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Apr-2021 20:08	AB	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
10-Apr-2021 22:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Apr-2021 22:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]