Date:	Wednesday 2 April 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Gloster Meteor T Mk 7
Owner/operator:	203 AFS RAF
Registration:	VW455
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 miles WNW of Bridlington, East Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Gloster Meteor T.Mk.7 VW455, 203 AFS, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 2/4/52 when crashed five miles west-north-west of Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Both crew survived. The crew experienced control problems en route, and both bailed out safely. One source (see link #3) states that the control problems were due to the ailerons jamming.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p 126 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 235
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 95)
4. 203 AFS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/5/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2145/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162858
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/85: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424206
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/32/S2566: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578412
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Dec-2019 22:31	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-Dec-2019 10:06	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
05-Mar-2021 18:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]