Date:	Friday 13 November 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	CGS RAF
Registration:	WE882
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Carnaby, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Metero F.Mk.8 WE882: Delivered to the RAF at the Central Gunnery School (CGS) RAF Carnaby 5.6.51 coded "FJX-C"; collided with target during air-firing practice, 29.8.51 (pilot, Flight Lieutenant G R Elliott, survived OK); declared Cat 3(R). Repaired On Site and returned to the CGS 19.10.51.

Stalled on final approach and undershot the runway by approimxately 20 yards; crash landed at RAF Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire, 13.11.53; Initially declared Cat 4(R). Returned to Gloster Aircraft at Hucclecote 21.1.54 for repairs; not repaired, re-cat 5(c) 17.6.54 and struck off charge

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.153 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 428
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Jun-2008 15:28	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 17:15	BlB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
26-May-2017 17:01	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Nov-2018 09:57	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
22-May-2021 18:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-May-2021 12:20	Adam	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]