Date:	Sunday 7 October 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	222 (Natal) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WA867
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
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 F.Mk.8 WA867, 222 Squadron, RAF: delivered 9/8/1950. Written off 7/10/1951 when crashed at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk. The aircraft failed to become airborne on the take off run, and ran into the overshoot area, when it crashed and exploded. However, the pilot - Graham Sinclair WEST-JONES (Service Number 181235) - survived, albeit with injuries. He recovered from his injuries, and returned to service, remaining with the RAF until May 1962.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. p 120)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.185
4. 222 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2475 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505113
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF#Entering_the_jet_age

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2008 15:00	JINX	Added
07-Jun-2008 11:55	JINX	Updated
19-Jan-2012 02:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source]
16-Oct-2018 15:58	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
27-Nov-2019 11:02	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]
11-Feb-2021 16:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]