Date:	Sunday 18 March 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4
Owner/operator:	504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VZ404
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1/4 mile North of Desford School, Desford, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor F.Mk.4 VZ404, 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 18/3/51 when dived into the ground 1/4 mile north of Desford School, Kirkby Road, Desford, 2 miles north of Desford, Leicestershire. The reason for the accident was never explained, and the pilot was killed

Crew of Meteor VZ404:
Flight Sergeant Ronald Clifford Charles Godsell, RAF (Service Number 2681566) - killed on active service 18/3/51

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 123
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT220/44: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424165
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2518: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578364
5. https://www.rauxaf.net/page151.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VZ

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Dec-2019 22:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Dec-2019 12:10	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]