Date:	Thursday 1 February 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	ITF RAF
Registration:	WA603
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 5 miles SE of Cromer, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 WA603, ITF (Instrument Training Flight) RAF: delivered 12/9/1949. Written off (destroyed) 1/2/1951: The aircraft's hood came off in flight, and control was lost when the Meteor went into a spin. The aircraft was abandoned successfully, and it crashed into the North Sea, five miles south east of Cromer, Norfolk. Both crew bailed out safely, and were recovered.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.110 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.111
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2008 14:57	JINX	Added
12-Jun-2008 08:41	JINX	Updated
15-May-2013 13:20	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport]
08-Jan-2021 02:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]