Date:	Thursday 4 October 1956
Time:
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 8
Owner/operator:	247 (China British) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WK874
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Odiham, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Destination airport:	RAF Odiham, Hampshire (ODH/EGVO)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 WK874: Notified as awaiting collection 24/12/1952, delivered to the RAF 31/12/1952. RAF Service career was with 247 Squadron, RAF Odiham only, coded "G"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4/10/1956: The pilot retracted the undercarriage in error for raising the flaps after landing at RAF Odiham. The ventral fuel tank was damaged and caught fire. The Meteor was seriously damaged in the ensuing blaze, and was written off. Struck off Charge 4/10/1956 as Cat.5(c) and reduced to spares and produce. No reports of injuries to the pilot.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 71)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.213
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jun-2008 11:48	JINX	Added
12-May-2015 17:49	BlB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
12-Jul-2020 20:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Aug-2021 10:01	SF	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
10-Aug-2021 09:08	SK	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
10-Aug-2021 09:08	SK	Updated [Operator]